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(242450) 2004 QY2

Asteroid on an eccentric orbit

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name
background	#FFC2E0
discovery_ref
discoverer	SSS
discovery_site	Siding Spring Obs.
discovered	20 August 2004
mpc_name	(242450)
alt_names
named_after
mp_category	ApolloNEOPHA
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	11.61 yr (4,242 days)
aphelion	1.6013 AU
perihelion	0.5666 AU
semimajor	1.0840 AU
eccentricity	0.4773
period	1.13 yr (412 days)
mean_anomaly	123.98°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	37.026°
asc_node	295.31°
arg_peri	104.96°
moid	0.0469 AU18.3 LD
mean_diameter	km
3.320 km
albedo
abs_magnitude	14.7

3.320 km

**** (prov. designation: ) is an asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 3 km in diameter. It was discovered on 20 August 2004 by the Siding Spring Survey at an apparent magnitude of 16.5 using the 0.5 m Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. It is one of the largest potentially hazardous asteroids known to exist.

Orbit and classification

orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–1.6 AU once every 14 months (412 days; semi-major axis of 1.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.48 and an inclination of 37° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Siding Spring.

The object is a member of the Apollo asteroids, the largest subgroup of near-Earth asteroids which cross the orbit of Earth. Unlike many other members of this dynamical group, is not a Mars-crosser, as its aphelion is too small to cross the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.66 AU.

Close approaches

With an absolute magnitude of 14.7, is one of the brightest potentially hazardous asteroids ever discovered (see PHA-list). It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0469 AU, which translates into 18.3 lunar distances. On 29 July 2012, it passed Earth at a distance of 0.4314 AU.

Sentry Risk Table

Due to its originally estimated size of 5.5 kilometers, was one of the largest objects to appear on the Sentry Risk Table. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 25 August 2004.

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, has an albedo of 0.274, and it measures 2.914 and 3.320 kilometers in diameter, respectively.

As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, shape and spin axis remain unknown. In addition, the body's spectral type has never been assessed.

Numbering and naming

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 26 June 2006. As of 2018, it has not been named.

References

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