(
provisional designation
Provisional designation in astronomy is the naming convention applied to astronomical objects immediately following their discovery. The provisional designation is usually superseded by a permanent designation once a reliable orbit has been calcu ...
) is a stony
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
, classified as
near-Earth object of the
Apollo group
Apollo Education Group, Inc. is an American corporation based in the South Phoenix area of Phoenix, Arizona, with an additional corporate office in Chicago, Illinois.
The company owns and operates several higher-learning institutions, including ...
and
potentially hazardous asteroid
A potentially hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make close approaches to the Earth and is large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact. They are ...
, approximately 1 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered on 24 June 1998, by the
LINEAR survey at the
Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site
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in Socorro, New Mexico.
Description
orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9–3.9
AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,366 days). Its orbit has an
eccentricity of 0.62 and an
inclination of 2
° with respect to the
ecliptic.
It is also a
Mars-crossing asteroid.
Shortly after its discovery, was imaged by
radar at
Goldstone and
Arecibo.
The study showed that the asteroid has a
rotation period
The rotation period of a celestial object (e.g., star, gas giant, planet, moon, asteroid) may refer to its sidereal rotation period, i.e. the time that the object takes to complete a single revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the ...
of 15 hours, and a shape that is roughly spherical, with some steep protrusions and large craters.
On 24 August 2013 it passed at a distance of 21.9
Lunar distances.
It was hoped to be observed by Goldstone radar.
Goldstone radar
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Numbering and naming
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
...
on 16 February 2003.
References
External links
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
query form
)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
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