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Earth's 3rd Moon (955 words) |
 | It was discovered by Bill Yeung, from his observatory in Arizona, US, and reported as a passing Near-Earth Object. |
| When he detected the object, Bill Yeung contacted the Minor Planet Center in Massachusetts, the clearing house for such discoveries, which gave it the designation J002E3 and posted it on their Near-Earth Object Confirmation webpage. |
| Bill Yeung, a keen astronomer who has a backyard observatory in Arizona, sparked the debate when he found the small object on September 3 and noted that it was on none of the lists of wanderers known to rove the solar system. |
| 15 March '04 Major News about Minor Objects (735 words) |
| Cover: Hot off the computer is Bill Yeung's observation of 2003 VB12 Sedna from Desert Eagle Observatory at 0232 UT this morning, in what may be the first imagery caught by an observer who wasn't in on the discovery confirmation effort. |
| Bill Yeung observed 2003 VB12 Sedna from Desert Eagle Observatory this morning (cover above and shot at right), capturing what may be the first imagery from someone not privy to the discovery confirmation. |
| He decided Bill Yeung was just the guy for the "crazy project" of looking for an almost stationary magnitude 20.7 object without knowing its precise location. |
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