La Cañada Observatory, is an initiative by Juan Lacruz, the observatory started astrometric operations in the summer of 2002, it is registered as station J87 in the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union.

The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).



Monday, June 25, 2012

Confirmation of a new apollo object : 2012 MB7, La Cañada 22-jun-2012



COD J87
OBS J. Lacruz
MEA J. Lacruz
TEL 0.40-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2012.06.22 22:04:32
AC2 juan@lacanada.es
NET UCAC-3
    TM8D203 KC2012 06 22.90662 14 52 09.46 -04 12 51.7          20.2 V      J87
    TM8D203 KC2012 06 22.90990 14 52 09.06 -04 12 19.7          20.2 V      J87
    TM8D203 KC2012 06 22.91366 14 52 08.59 -04 11 42.9          20.0 V      J87
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References : MPEC 2012-M45 : 2012 MB7