Astronomy:(85640) 1998 OX4

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(85640) 1998 OX4
Discovery
Discovered bySpacewatch
Discovery siteKitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date26 July 1998
Designations
(85640) 1998 OX4
MPO 267962
Minor planet category
Orbital characteristics[1][2][3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc3656 days (10.01 yr)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.347918212 astronomical unit|AU (351.2435651 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}0.81264205 AU (121.569520 Gm)
1.580280132 AU (236.4065429 Gm)
Eccentricity0.4857608
Orbital period1.99 yr (725.60 d)
Mean anomaly227.77555°
Mean motion0° 29m 46.099s / day
Inclination4.5134807°
Longitude of ascending node299.70814°
117.10906°
Earth MOID0.00103632 AU (155,031 km)
Jupiter MOID3.03959 AU (454.716 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions300–600 m[a][4]
Absolute magnitude (H)21.1[1]


(85640) 1998 OX4 (provisional designation 1998 OX4) is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.

Description

It was discovered on 26 July 1998 by the Spacewatch program and subsequently lost. It was re-discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) project on 31 August 2002, as 2002 PJ34. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 8 August 2002.[5] It has a well determined orbit with an observation arc of more than 10 years. It is included in the Minor Planet Center list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) as it comes to within 0.05 AU of Earth periodically. It is also a Mars crossing asteroid

See also

Notes

  • ^ This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05.

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Preceded by
(153201) 2000 WO107
Large NEO Earth close approach
(inside the orbit of the Moon)

22 January 2148
Succeeded by
2011 LT17