MPEC 2020-X56 :
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M.P.E.C. 2020-X56 Issued 2020 December 7, 21:35 UT
The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
minor planets and routine data on comets. They are published
on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
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DELETION OF 2020 XA1
On December 6, 2020, the Near-Earth Object candidate C1N7CE1, reported by
the Catalina Sky Survey, was posted to the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page.
Follow-up observations from five distinct observing sites resulted in the
designation and publication of Near-Earth Object 2020 XA1, published in
MPEC 2020-X45. B. Gray subsequently noted that the object is the Spektr-RG
spacecraft. Therefore, the designation 2020 XA1 is being deleted and will be
listed as omitted.
M. P. C. Staff (C) Copyright 2020 MPC M.P.E.C. 2020-X56
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