Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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Discovery Ref: | [1] |
Discoverer: | LINEAR |
Discovered: | 16 November 2011 |
Discovery Site: | Lincoln Laboratory ETS |
Mp Category: | NEO, PHA |
Alt Names: | 2011 WL2 |
Orbit Ref: | [2] |
Epoch: | 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) |
Uncertainty: | 2 |
Observation Arc: | 386 days (1.06 yr) |
Aphelion: | 1.383351abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Perihelion: | 0.7723798AU |
Semimajor: | 1.0778654AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.283417 |
Period: | 1.12 yr (408.74 d) |
Avg Speed: | 28.10406 km/s |
Inclination: | 14.12974° |
Asc Node: | 212.9462° |
Mean Anomaly: | 336.9187° |
Arg Peri: | 88.83006° |
Moid: | 0.00141998AU |
Mean Diameter: | 190–420 m[3] |
Abs Magnitude: | 20.8 |
Mean Motion: | /day |
Jupiter Moid: | 3.83997AU |
is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It was discovered on 16 November 2011, by astronomers with the LINEAR at the Lincoln Laboratory ETS near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States.
is a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), but has a well determined orbit with a 10 year observation arc. will pass at a distance of 0.0056AU from Earth on 25 October 2077.[2] For comparison, the distance to the Moon is about 0.0026 AU (384,400 km). appears on the list of PHA close approaches issued by the Minor Planet Center (MPC), with the next close approach in the year 2038.[4]
The Jupiter Tisserand invariant, used to distinguish different kinds of orbits, is 5.7.[2]