November 3, 2009: The astereroid 2009 QY8 received the permanent number 225240.
September 4, 2009: The asteroids 2005 SM19, 2006 DE1, and 2008 KR11 received the permanent numbers 218639, 218806, and 219003, respectively.
August 9, 2009: The asteroid 2005 SF58 received the permanent number 217432.
May 9, 2009: Three more asteroids received permanent numbers: 2005 EW29 is 214195, 2006 SA57 is 214 643, and 2009 DL47 is 215053.
April 9, 2009: Three more asteroids received permanent numbers: 2006 SD20 is 212547, 2007 TY16 is 212756, and 2008 AL31 is 212925.
March 11, 2009: Four more asteroids received permanent numbers (a record number for a single month): 2006 SZ56 is 210144, 2007 TE105 is 210298, 2007 VF96 is 210383, and 2008 AM31 is 210425.
January 11, 2009: The asteroid 2005 EX317 received the permanent number 204571.
December 12, 2008: The asteroid 2005 CF61 received the permanent number 202302.
August 19, 2008: The asteroid (188847) 2006 FT9 received the name Rhipeus.
May 21, 2008: The asteroids 2007 DA1 and 2007 DB1 received the permanent numbers 187644 and 187645, respectively.
April 23, 2008: The asteroids 2005 SD134 and 2006 SS130 received the permanent numbers 184708 and 185141, respectively.
February 21, 2008: The asteroids 2005 SO19 and 2006 WF1 received the permanent numbers 177906 and 178227, respectively.
January 24, 2008: The asteroid 2005 ER305 received a permanent number: 175199.
January 15, 2008: High school students from the Prairie School in Racine, Wisconsin, discovered four asteroids using data from the Calvin-Rehoboh Observatory. (Online media article.)
October 26, 2007: The asteroid 2005 EV29 received a permanent number: 167875.
October 16, 2007: Eleven new asteroids were discovered on the night of the fall asteroid discovery lab (Astronomy 110), with an additional seven found in followup measurements.
August 28, 2007: The asteroid 2005 SK19 received the permanent number 161595.
May 2, 2007: One more asteroid received a permanent number: 2006 AY2 is now 157694.
April 4, 2007: Two more asteroids received names: Asteroid Rehoboth and Asteroid De Young, bring our total of named asteroids to four.
April 4, 2007: Three more asteroids received permanent numbers, including two discovered in the fall of 2005 by Calvin students in the Astronomy 110 and 111 classes: 2005 SN19 is now 155054, 2005 SH58 is now 155067. These classes now have three permanent numbers altogether.
March 24, 2007: The asteroid discovery lab this spring was our most successful ever, with eighteen new discoveries in one week, and twenty-three discovered altogether.
March 6, 2007: The asteroid provisionally designated 2005 SL19 received the permanent number 152233. This was discovered in the fall of 2005 by Calvin students in the Astronomy 110 and 111 classes. It is the first asteroid discovered in one of our astronomy discovery laboratories to receive its permanent number.
updated 9/04/09 by L. Molnar
