(153201) 2000 WO107

(153201) 2000 WO107
Goldstone radar images showing the two lobes of contact binary 2000 WO107.
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date29 November 2000
Designations
(153201) 2000 WO107
2000 WO107
Aten · NEO · PHA[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 2020-May-31 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc20.0 yr (7,304 days)
Aphelion1.6231 AU
Perihelion0.2000 AU
0.9115 AU
Eccentricity0.7807
0.87 yr (318 days)
206.45°
1° 7m 57.72s / day
Inclination7.7703°
69.252°
13 October 2020
213.72°
Earth MOID0.0031 AU (460 thousand km; 1.2 LD)
Physical characteristics
0.510±0.083 km[3]
4.8 hours[4]
0.129±0.058[3]
SMASS = X[1]
19.3[1]

(153201) 2000 WO107 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group with a very well determined orbit.[1] It was discovered on 29 November 2000, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States.[2] It is a contact binary.[4]

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