Re: 2000 SG344: Asteroid or Saturn rocket?

From: BEHREND Raoul (Raoul.Behrend@obs.unige.ch)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 06:11:55 PST

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    Hi all,
    
    Harro, about 2000 SG344's status:
    
    > As an "old" astronomer and space scientist I believe we can (at least
    > theoreti-  cally) solve the puzzle with very precise photometric
    > observations. 
    
    Yes, but the object is now fainter than 24th magnitude (in V) ! Next
    opportunity is scheduled for 2030.
    
    Maybe colorimetry, specailly in the infrared) can help a lot.
    
    Cheers, Raoul
    
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