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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2366      2007 Aug 13 20.04UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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2007 DT103
L. A. M. Benner, et. al., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California 
Institute of Technology (CIT); and M. W. Busch, CIT, report on CBET 1020 
that Goldstone (8560-mHz, 3.5-cm) radar observations during July 26, 28, 
and Aug. 1 reveal that minor planet 2007 DT103 is a binary system.

Preliminary estimates for the component diameters are about 0.3 km and > 
80 m.  The maximum orbital distance between the components is at least 
0.45 km.

SUPERNOVA 2007gj IN ESO 298-28
Discovery by Berto Monard, South Africa of a possible supernova (CBET 
1022):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2007gj  Aug  04.12  02 19 33.85  -37 48 44.2  16.2   44"  W,22" N

V390 NORMAE
Mike Linnolt, USA, e-mails that he has observed V390 Normae (= Nova 
Normae 2007 see TA E-Circulars 2348 and 2351) to fade from V=10.75 to 
V=12 within a 24 hour period around 2007 August 9.

SUPERNOVA 2007gk IN MCG +11-20-27
Discovery by Puckett Observatory Supernova Search of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1023):
SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2007gk  Aug  05.35  16 45 18.22  +67 55 50.0  18.9    9.4"E,26.5"S

Guy M Hurst