Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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(7349) 1991 VK | |
Discoverer: | E. Helin K. Lawrence |
Discovery Site: | Palomar Obs. |
Discovered: | 1 November 1991 |
Mp Category: | Apollo NEO, PHA |
Epoch: | 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) |
Observation Arc: | 7974 days (21.83 yr) |
Uncertainty: | 0 |
Aphelion: | 2.7751abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Perihelion: | 0.90889AU |
Semimajor: | 1.842AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.50657 |
Period: | 2.50 yr (913.12 d) |
Inclination: | 5.4193° |
Asc Node: | 294.87° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Mean Anomaly: | 216.02° |
Arg Peri: | 173.37° |
Rotation: | 4.2096abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Abs Magnitude: | 16.7 |
(7341) 1991 VK is a near-Earth minor planet in the Apollo group. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin and Kenneth J. Lawrence at the Palomar Observatory in California on 1 November 1991. It is listed as a potentially hazardous object. Every 5 years (from 1946 through 2091) the asteroid makes a close approach to the Earth. The most recent close approach to Earth was on Jan 25, 2017; the next close approach will be on Jan 25, 2022 at a distance of 0.064abbr=onNaNabbr=on.