Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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Discoverer: | Catalina Sky Survey |
Discovered: | 17 December 2022 |
Epoch: | 2023-Feb-25 (JD 2460000.5) |
Uncertainty: | 6 |
Observation Arc: | 0.4 days |
Moid: | 0.00034AU |
Jupiter Moid: | 2.7AU |
Aphelion: | (Q) |
Perihelion: | (q) |
Time Periastron: | 2023-Jan-30 |
Semimajor: | (a) |
Eccentricity: | (e) |
Inclination: | (i) |
Asc Node: | (Ω) |
Mean Anomaly: | (M) |
Arg Peri: | (ω) |
Abs Magnitude: | 30 |
is a small and harmless near-Earth object that will pass within 0.014abbr=unitNaNabbr=unit of Earth around 17 December 2024. At 17 December 2024 06:14 UT it has a 0.23% (1-in-430) chance of impacting Earth. It is estimated to be 3-meters in diameter which would make an impact comparable to . It has a very short observation arc of 0.4 days and was first imaged on 17 December 2022 07:07 when it was 0.004AU from Earth.
At the time of the virtual impactor (17 December 2024 06:14) the asteroid is expected to be 0.0055AU from Earth but has an uncertainty region of ±1.5sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1. The nominal approach to Earth is expected to occur about nine hours later at 17 December 2024 15:41 at a distance of 0.005AU.
2024-12-17 06:14 | 0.23% | 0.0055abbr=unitNaNabbr=unit | 0.0051AU | 0.0056AU |
17 December 2024 06:14 | Impact scenario | Sentry | |
17 December 2024 14:15 | 0.0043AU | ESA | |
17 December 2024 15:41 | 0.0051AU | JPL SBDB |
It will come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 30 January 2023.