Astronomy:2008 VL14
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 Orbit of 2008 VL14 | |
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Minor planet category | Apollo asteroid, PHA[1] |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 20 November 2008 (JD 2454790.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 8 | |
| Observation arc | 22 d |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 4.0259 AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 0.40253 AU |
| 2.2142 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.81821 |
| Orbital period | 3.2949 yr (1,203.4 days) |
| Mean anomaly | 24.212° |
| Mean motion | 0° 17m 56.904s / day |
| Inclination | 1.9523° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 40.021° |
| 243.80° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0043326 AU |
| Physical characteristics[1] | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 21.1 |
2008 VL14 is a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo class, discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 9 November 2008.[2] It has an average estimated diameter of 260 meters according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Around 22 October 2054, 2008 VL14 is expected to pass about 0.09 astronomical unit|AU (13 million km) from Earth, but could pass as close as 0.0002 AU (30 thousand km).[1] The object is not risk-listed.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008VL14;cad=1.
- ↑ "2008 VL14". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2008+VL14.
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