(185851) 2000 DP107

(185851) 2000 DP107
Composite of radar images by the Arecibo Observatory from September to October 2000
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date29 February 2000
Designations
(185851) 2000 DP107
2000 DP107
NEO · PHA · Apollo[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc16.82 yr (6,143 days)
Aphelion1.8794 AU
Perihelion0.8511 AU
1.3652 AU
Eccentricity0.3766
1.60 yr (583 days)
255.78°
0° 37m 4.44s / day
Inclination8.6718°
358.70°
289.74°
Known satellites1
Earth MOID0.0150 AU · 5.8 LD
Physical characteristics
Dimensions0.860 km (taken)[3]
0.863±0.043 km[4]
1.0±0.1 km[5]
2.769±0.005 h[6]
2.774±0.001 h[7]
2.77447±0.00005 h[8]
2.7745±0.0007 h[4]
2.7754±0.0002 h[9]
2.7754 h[10]
0.111±0.036[5]
0.15 (derived)[3]
M[11] · C[3][12]
18.0[10] · 18.0±0.2 (R)[6] · 18.02±0.2[3][13] · 18.03±0.1[5] · 18.2[2]

(185851) 2000 DP107 is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid, classified as potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group that is notable because it provided evidence for binary asteroids in the near-Earth population. The PROCYON probe developed by JAXA and the University of Tokyo was intended to flyby this asteroid before its ion thruster failed and could not be restarted.

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