(457175) 2008 GO98

(457175) 2008 GO98
362P/2008 GO98
Discovery[1]
Discovered bySpacewatch
Discovery siteKitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date8 April 2008
Designations
(457175) 2008 GO98
2008 GO98 · 362P
Jupiter family[2]
[3]
quasi-Hilda[1][4]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 4 December 2015 (JD 2457360.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc16.05 yr (5,862 d)
Aphelion5.0787 AU
Perihelion2.8506 AU
3.9646 AU
Eccentricity0.2810
7.89 yr (2,883 d)
327.18°
0° 7m 29.64s / day
Inclination15.569°
192.61°
53.287°
Jupiter MOID0.3592 AU
TJupiter2.9260
Physical characteristics
5.5–24.7 km (est.)[5]
14.64 h (calculated)[4]
10.74±0.01 h[4][a]
0.057 (assumed)[4]
C (assumed)[4]
12.9[1][2][4]
15.1[3]

(457175) 2008 GO98 (provisional designation 2008 GO98) with cometary number 362P, is a Jupiter family comet in a quasi-Hilda orbit within the outermost regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 8 April 2008, by astronomers of the Spacewatch program at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.[1] This presumably carbonaceous body has a diameter of approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) and rotation period of 10.7 hours.[4]

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