(7341) 1991 VK explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. FFC2E0
(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.

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