Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 24 August 2003 |
Designations | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 4285 days (11.73 yr) |
Aphelion | 1.28834 AU (192.733 Gm) |
Perihelion | 0.882430 AU (132.0096 Gm) |
1.08538 AU (162.371 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.18699 |
1.13 yr (413.02 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 28.34 km/s |
264.755° | |
0° 52m 17.846s / day | |
Inclination | 62.1021° |
0.997990° | |
104.999° | |
Known satellites | S/2021 (143649) 1[3] |
Earth MOID | 0.00253637 AU (379,436 km) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | 2.0×1012 kg |
2.6446±0.0007 h[3] | |
17.4[2] | |
(143649) 2003 QQ47, provisionally designated: 2003 QQ47, is a kilometer-sized asteroid and synchronous binary system, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It became briefly notable upon its discovery in late August 2003, when media outlets played up a very preliminary report that it had a 1 in 250,000 chance of impacting into Earth on 21 March 2014.[4] The discovery of a companion, approximately 310 meters (1,000 ft) in diameter, was announced in September 2021.
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