NEAT January 2003 Interesting Objects

In January we have discovered 6 NEAs with NEAT: 4 Apollos including 1 PHA, and 2 Amors including 1 > 1 km. We also discovered one unusual object with orbit between Mars and Saturn. We also detected the Apollo 12 rocket third stage launched in 1969, now called J002E3.

Designat.	NEAT name & Image	Disc. with NEAT/	Date	Vel. (deg/day)	Mag.	Size in km (miles)	Orbit Visual.	Comment*
2003 AK₇₃	TVAA09B	Palomar	11 Jan	0.7	19	0.5 (0.3)	orbit	Apollo
2003 AO₈₄	TWFFFR	MSSS	14 Jan	0.3	20	-	-	Not NEA
2003 BO₁	TWEV1GB	Palomar	14 Jan	0.5	20	0.3 (0.2)	orbit	Amor-rediscovered 25 Jan as U0EBYOB
2003 BH	TXWVHZ	MSSS	18 Jan	3.3	18	0.2 (0.1)	orbit	Apollo-PHA
2003 BM₁	U00139B	Palomar	24 Jan	0.2	20	1.0 (0.6)	orbit	Unusual object with orbit between Mars and Saturn
J002E3	U13SKU	MSSS	27 Jan	0.5	17	-	-	Apollo 12 rocket stage
-	U14VOR	MSSS	27 Jan	0.6	20	-	-	Lost or not real
2003 BS₃₅	U15BP2	MSSS	27 Jan	5.2	20	0.035 (0.02)	orbit	Apollo
2003 BC₂₁	U15OYK	MSSS	27 Jan	0.2	21	2.0 (1.2)	orbit	Amor-large
2003 BA₄₃	U16FGQ	MSSS	27 Jan	0.4	21	-	-	Not NEA
2003 BX₃₃	U1IRCY	MSSS	28 Jan	1.0	21	0.3 (0.2)	orbit	Apollo
2003 BC₄₃	U1UU6YA	Palomar	29 Jan	0.3	20	1.5 (0.9)	orbit	Mars-crossing asteroid, originally believed to be an Apollo

*Amors, Apollos, and Atens are the three categories of Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Amor asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the outside, Apollo asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, and Aten asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the inside. Potentially Hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are larger than ~200 m (0.1 mile) and approach close enough to present a potential hazard but not a current hazard.