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(17511) 1992 QN


Discovery
Eleanor Helin and Jeff Alu
Palomar Observatory
29 August 1992
1992 QN
Apollo
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
9656 days (26.44 yr)
1.61699 AU (241.898 Gm)
0.76297 AU (114.139 Gm)
1.18998 AU (178.018 Gm)
0.35884
1.3 yr (474.14 d)
27.3 km/s
235.804°
0° 45m 33.365s / day
9.58265°
355.924°
202.359°
0.132266 AU (19.7867 Gm)
6 h (0.25 d)
X
17.3
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(17511) 1992 QN (provisional designation 1992 QN) is a small, bright Apollo asteroid discovered on 29 August 1992 by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Jeff Alu at the Palomar Observatory, California, United States. It is a near-Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars and Earth (a Mars and Earth-crossing asteroid). On 18 January 1996, it passed Earth at a distance of 0.158848 AU (23.763 million km), and on 12 July 2027, it will pass our planet again at a distance of 0.161858 AU (24.214 million km). (17511) 1992 QN's orbit is similar to that of Apollo asteroid 2010 JG.

  • NEODyS-2 statistics of (17511) 1992 QN
  • JPL Small-Body Database's orbit diagram and statistics of (17511) 1992 QN
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