Astronomy:1999 XS35

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1999 XS35
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The comet-like orbit of 1999 XS35
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLONEOS
Discovery date2 December 1999
Designations
1999 XS35
Minor planet categoryPHA
Apollo[2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 4
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}34.711 astronomical unit|AU (5.1927 Tm)
(beyond Neptune)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}0.95932 AU (143.512 Gm)
17.835 AU (2.6681 Tm)
Eccentricity0.94621
Orbital period75.32 yr (27512 d)
Mean anomaly77.641°
Mean motion0° 0m 47.106s /day (n)
Inclination19.414°
Longitude of ascending node49.206°
333.00°
Earth MOID0.0181452 AU (2.71448 Gm)
TJupiter1.407
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter1.3 km (est. at 0.14)[3]
Apparent magnitude13.7 to 32
Absolute magnitude (H)17.2[2]


1999 XS35 is a near-Earth object discovered in 1999 having a comet-like orbit. Its semi-major axis is 17.8 AU. Its orbital eccentricity is 0.94, which means that at the perihelion 1999 XS35 comes as close as 0.9 AU to the Sun, while at the aphelion it reaches beyond the orbit of Neptune.[2] 1999 XS35 is a damocloid. 1999 XS35 is a small object with an absolute magnitude (H) of 17.2, which implies a size of about 1 km.[4]

1999 XS35 came to perihelion on 21 October 1999,[2] passed 0.0453 astronomical unit|AU (6,780,000 km; 4,210,000 mi) from Earth on 5 November 1999,[5] and was discovered on 2 December 1999 at about apparent magnitude 16.9.[1]

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