2010 XG11

2010 XG11
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Catalina Sky Survey (703)
Discovery date 5 December 2010
Designations
MPC designation 2010 XG11
Amor NEO[2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 6191 days (16.95 yr)
Aphelion 2.1736 AU (325.17 Gm) (Q)
Perihelion 1.1349 AU (169.78 Gm) (q)
1.6543 AU (247.48 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity 0.31395 (e)
2.13 yr (777.15 d)
192.11° (M)
 27m 47.628s /day (n)
Inclination 25.129° (i)
256.05° (Ω)
87.799° (ω)
Earth MOID 0.353357 AU (52.8615 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 3.44289 AU (515.049 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~270 – 590 meters[3]
19.3 – 24.9
20.0[2]

    2010 XG11 is an Amor near-Earth asteroid.[2] It was discovered on 5 December 2010 by the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitude of 19.7 using a 0.68-meter (27 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope.[1] Three precovery images are known from 1 July 1995.[4] With an observation arc of 16 years, the orbit is well determined with an orbital uncertainty of 0.[2] With an absolute magnitude of 20.0,[2] the asteroid is about 270–590 meters in diameter.[3]

    With a Mars-minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.002 AU (300,000 km; 190,000 mi), the asteroid currently makes closer approaches to Mars than it does Earth.[4] On 29 July 2014 the asteroid passed 0.00805 AU (1,204,000 km; 748,000 mi) from Mars.[5][6]

    References

    1. 1 2 "MPEC 2010-X62 : 2010 XG11". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2014-06-29. (K10X11G)
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 XG11)" (last observation: 2012-06-12; arc: 16.9 yr). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
    3. 1 2 "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
    4. 1 2 "2010 XG11 Orbit". IAU Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
    5. "JPL Close-Approach Data: (2010 XG11)" (last observation: 2012-06-12; arc: 16.9 yr). Retrieved 2014-06-29.
    6. "2010XG11 Close Approaches". NEODyS (Near Earth Objects – Dynamic Site). Retrieved 2014-06-29.

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