Minorplanet: | yes |
Background: |
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Discovered: | 20 September 2003 |
Epoch: | 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) |
Uncertainty: | 1 |
Observation Arc: | 12.21 yr (4,459 d) |
Perihelion: | 1.0331 AU |
Semimajor: | 1.1254 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.0819 |
Period: | 1.19 yr (436 d) |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 2.7956° |
Asc Node: | 186.68° |
Arg Peri: | 87.374° |
Moid: | 0.0516 AU (20.1022 LD) |
Mean Diameter: | |
Abs Magnitude: | 22.7 |
is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group orbiting between Earth and Mars. It was first observed by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) at the Lincoln Laboratory ETS on 20 September 2003. As of 2020, this minor planet has neither been nor named.
is an Amor asteroid – a subgroup of near-Earth asteroids that approach the orbit of Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0–1.2 AU once every 14 months (436 days; semi-major axis of 1.13 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observation by LINEAR in 2003.
The object's spectral type remains unknown. Using a magnitude-to-diameter conversion, measures 86 and 160 meters in diameter, based on an absolute magnitude of 22.7 and an assumed albedo of 0.20 (S-type) and 0.057 (C-type), respectively. was being considered by the European Space Agency as a candidate target for the Don Quijote mission to study the effects of impacting a spacecraft into an asteroid.