Discovery[1][2] | |
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Discovered by | Space Surveillance Telescope |
Discovery date | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Designations | |
2017 BQ6 | |
E2017-C83 | |
NEO · Apollo · PHA[1] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 3 | |
Observation arc | 130 days |
Aphelion | 2.9802 AU |
Perihelion | 0.9133 AU |
1.9468 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.5309 |
2.72 yr (992 days) | |
65.132° | |
0° 21m 46.08s / day | |
Inclination | 9.0020° |
133.03° | |
43.562° | |
Earth MOID | 0.0132 AU (5.1 LD) |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 0.120±0.027 km[3] |
2.150 h[4] 3 h[1] | |
0.13+0.103 −0.057[3] | |
S (assumed)[4] | |
21.4[1][4] | |
2017 BQ6 is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 150 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 2017, by the Space Surveillance Telescope at Lincoln Laboratory's ETS (Atom Site) and passed within 6.6 lunar distances of Earth on 7 February 2017 at 6:36 UT.[1][2]
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