(154276) 2002 SY50

(154276) 2002 SY50
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date30 September 2002
Designations
(154276) 2002 SY50
2002 SY50
Apollo · NEO · PHA[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc11.78 yr (4,304 d)
Aphelion2.8793 AU
Perihelion0.5297 AU
1.7045 AU
Eccentricity0.6892
2.23 yr (813 d)
305.15°
0° 26m 34.44s / day
Inclination8.7443°
34.298°
99.395°
Earth MOID0.0027 AU (1.0519 LD)
Physical characteristics
0.897 km (calculated)[3]
1.060±0.346 km[4]
4.823 h[a]
0.143±0.173[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
K[5] · S (assumed)[3]
17.00[5]
17.6[2][3][4]

(154276) 2002 SY50, provisional designation 2002 SY50, is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.1 kilometers (0.7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 30 September 2002, by astronomers with the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States.[1] The K-type asteroid has a rotation period of 4.8 hours.[3][a] It will make a close encounter with Earth on 30 October 2071.[6]

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