(417634) 2006 XG1

(417634) 2006 XG1
Discovery[1][2][3]
Discovered byCSS
Discovery siteMount Lemmon Obs.
Discovery date11 December 2006
Designations
(417634) 2006 XG1
2006 XG1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc8.09 yr (2,956 days)
Aphelion3.9218 AU
Perihelion0.9943 AU
2.4580 AU
Eccentricity0.5955
3.85 yr (1,408 days)
287.03°
0° 15m 20.88s / day
Inclination20.493°
38.478°
344.11°
Earth MOID0.0157 AU (6.1 LD)
Physical characteristics
0.418±0.081 km[4]
Mass4.2×1011 kg (estimate)
0.154±0.061[4]
18.5[1]

(417634) 2006 XG1 provisional designation 2006 XG1, is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, that had a low but non-zero probability of impacting Earth on 31 October 2041. The asteroid was discovered on 20 September 2006, by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey, using a dedicated 0.68-meter telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, United States.[2][3][5]

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