(277475) 2005 WK4

(277475) 2005 WK4
2005 WK4 imaged 30 times by radar at Goldstone on 8 August 2013
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered bySiding Spring Srvy.
Discovery siteSiding Spring Obs.
Discovery date27 November 2005
Designations
(277475) 2005 WK4
2005 WK4
Apollo · NEO · PHA[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc8.71 yr (3,180 days)
Aphelion1.2506 AU
Perihelion0.7707 AU
1.0106 AU
Eccentricity0.2374
1.02 yr (371 days)
81.040°
0° 58m 12.36s / day
Inclination9.8433°
138.14°
74.063°
Earth MOID0.0037 AU · 1.4 LD
Physical characteristics
Dimensions0.25±0.05 km[a]
0.284 km (calculated)[3]
2.595±0.002 h[4]
2.7±0.1 h[a]
2.73±0.05 h[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
Sk[6] · S (assumed)[3]
B–V = 0.677±0.025[6]
V–R = 0.446±0.019[6]
V–I = 0.750±0.024[6]
20.1[1][3]

(277475) 2005 WK4, provisional designation 2005 WK4, is a stony, sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group that passed Earth within 8.2 lunar distances on 8 August 2013.[7] It was discovered on 27 November 2005, by astronomers of the Siding Spring Survey at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia.[2]

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