2018 UA explained

Minorplanet:yes
2018 UA
Background:
  1. FFC2E0
Discovered:19 October 2018
Mpc Name:2018 UA
Perihelion:0.768136 AU
Semimajor:1.38933 AU
Eccentricity:0.447119
Period:1.64 yr (598.15 d)
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:2.63971°
Asc Node:205.68400°
Arg Peri:255.21993°
Moid:0.000186 AU
Abs Magnitude:30.158

2018 UA is a small near-Earth Apollo asteroid that flew very close to the Earth on 19 October 2018. It was discovered about 90 minutes before closest approach. After A106fgF, it was probably the second closest non-impacting approach of an asteroid in 2018.

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