// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did 2002 NY40 say to its date? You're astronomically beautiful.
 Radar image of 2002 NY40 taken by the Arecibo Observatory in August 2002, revealing its contact binary shape | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery site | Lincoln Laboratory ETS |
| Discovery date | 14 July 2002 (first observed only) |
| Designations | |
| NEO · Apollo · PHA[1][2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 3.01 yr (1,099 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.5019 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.5985 AU |
| 2.0502 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.7081 |
| 2.94 yr (1,072 d) | |
| 317.21° | |
| 0° 20m 8.52s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.8940° |
| 145.25° | |
| 269.93° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0012 AU (0.4670 LD) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 800 m | |
| 19.0[2] | |
2002 NY40 is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 800 meters (2,600 feet) in diameter.[1] The contact binary with a bilobated, peanut-like shape was first observed on 14 July 2002 by the LINEAR automated system in New Mexico. On 18 August 2002, it passed Earth at a distance of 540,000 km.[3] It was observed with adaptive optics by the Midcourse Space Experiment.[4]
Orbit and classification
[edit]It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–3.5 AU once every 2 years and 11 months (1,073 days; semi-major axis of 2.05 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.71 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "2002 NY40". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2002 NY40)" (2005-07-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ↑ The Triangle that Skimmed Past the Earth: Asteroid 2002 NY40 11 September 2007 by Fraser Cain
- ↑ Ted Stryk @tsplanets, Twitter, 23 Aug 2019
External links
[edit]- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- APOD Aug 17, 2002
- 2002 NY40 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- 2002 NY40 at ESA–space situational awareness
- 2002 NY40 at the JPL Small-Body Database
