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2003CP20 This image is composed of 60 single 30-sec CCD images of the new discovered asteroid 2003CP20. This is the first minor planet with a confirmed aphelion distance less than 1 AU (Q = 0.978 AU). It was discovered by the LINEAR telescope the february 11th. I took the image in the morning hours of the february 19th 2003. The asteroid was traveling in the North/East direction in the Hercules constellation. The distance from the earth was 0,42 AU. During the 42 minutes between the first and the last image the asteroid traveled 1,3 arcminutes. The image is 12 x 12 arcminutes wide. North is up, East is left.

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