Astronomy:(394130) 2006 HY51

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(394130) 2006 HY51
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date26 April 2006
Designations
(394130) 2006 HY51
2006 HY51
Minor planet category
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 1
Observation arc9.00 yr (3,286 days)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}5.1111 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}0.0791 AU
2.5951 AU
Eccentricity0.9695
Orbital period4.18 yr (1,527 days)
Mean anomaly238.94°
Mean motion0° 14m 8.88s / day
Inclination33.195°
Longitude of ascending node40.788°
341.88°
Earth MOID0.1064 AU (41.5 LD)
Jupiter MOID0.8098 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions1.218±0.228 km[3]
Geometric albedo0.157±0.071[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)17.2[1]


(394130) 2006 HY51 is a near-Earth object of the Apollo asteroid group with a high orbital eccentricity, approximately 1.2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 April 2006, by LINEAR at Lincoln Lab's ETS in Socorro, New Mexico, United States.[2]

Orbit and classification

2006 HY51 orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.1–5.1 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,527 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.97 and an inclination of 33° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

It is the asteroid with the third-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun.[citation needed] Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.081 AU of the Sun (26% of Mercury's perihelion) and as far as 5.118 AU from the Sun (making it a Jupiter-grazer). It has a minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth of 0.1064 AU (15,900,000 km), equivalent to 41.5 lunar distances.[1]

The small bodies with even more eccentric orbits are likely to suffer a rotational breakup by the age comparable to that of the Solar System, although 2006 HY51 itself is not expected to break.[4]

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, 2006 HY51 measures 1.218 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.157.[3] The asteroid's composition and shape, as well as its rotation period remain unknown. It has an absolute magnitude of 17.2.[1]

Naming

As of 2017, this minor planet remains unnamed.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 394130 (2006 HY51)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2394130. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "394130 (2006 HY51)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=394130. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J.; Masiero, J.; McMillan, R. S.; Cutri, R. M. et al. (December 2011). "NEOWISE Observations of Near-Earth Objects: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal 743 (2): 17. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/156. Bibcode2011ApJ...743..156M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...743..156M. Retrieved 14 December 2016. 
  4. Makarov, V. V.; Goldin, A.; Veras, D. (2020), "Gigayear-timescale Destruction of High-eccentricity Asteroids by Spin and Why 2006 HY51 Has Been Spared", The Astrophysical Journal 899 (2): 103, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aba89e, Bibcode2020ApJ...899..103M 

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