2012CBET.3067....2H

An apparent independent discovery of 2012bi by S. Howerton from public unfiltered CCD images posted by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) was subsequently reported to the Central Bureau via the TOCP by Andrew Drake (whose group formally includes S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; R. H. McNaught, Australian National University; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen, Gemini Observatory) – although their reported position is some distance away from that reported by other observers for 2012bi. Their discovery magnitude on Mar. 3.27 was 18.9, and their position end figures are 00s.57, 51".1 (no offset provided).