2012 BX34 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. FFC2E0
Discoverer:Catalina Sky Survey
Discovered:25 January 2012
Mp Category:Aten
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Aphelion:1.0332abbr=onNaNabbr=on (Q)
Perihelion:0.48892AU (q)
Semimajor:0.76105AU (a)
Eccentricity:0.35757 (e)
Period:0.66 yr (242.5 d)
Avg Speed:1.48200135°/day
Inclination:10.527° (i)
Asc Node:306.74° (Ω)
Mean Anomaly:211.76° (M)
Arg Peri:335.834° (ω)
Dimensions:~8m (26feet)
Rotation:1.80828abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Magnitude:~13.9 to 30.3
Abs Magnitude:27.6
Mean Motion:1.4845°/day (n)
Uncertainty:3
Moid:0.000288322AU
Jupiter Moid:4.09701AU

is a small Aten asteroid that made one of the closest recorded asteroid close approaches of Earth on 27 January 2012. It passed within 0.0004371abbr=onNaNabbr=on of Earth during its closest approach at 15:25 GMT. measures around 8m (26feet) across; if it had impacted in 2012, it would have been too small to pass through Earth's atmosphere intact.

During its 2012 close approach to Earth, had a brightest apparent magnitude of about 13.9, making it about as bright as the dwarf planet Pluto. By 25 February 2012, it had dimmed to magnitude 30. During its close approach of 0.0246abbr=onNaNabbr=on on 28 January 2014, it will only reach a magnitude of about 23. has been observed in more detail using radar astronomy.

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