 Radar image of 2015 TB145 taken by the Arecibo Observatory on 30 October 2015. | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Pan-STARRS |
| Discovery date | 10 October 2015 |
| Designations | |
| 2015 TB145 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 3.11 yr (1,137 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.9073 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.2941 AU |
| 2.1007 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.86002 |
| 3.04 yr (1,112.1 d) | |
| 121.744° | |
| 0° 19m 25.364s / day | |
| Inclination | 39.6899° |
| 37.698° | |
| 121.744° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.00295731 AU (442,407 km) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.41052 AU |
| TJupiter | 2.97 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | |
| 0.06[5] | |
| 20.0[2][6] | |
2015 TB145 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 650 meters (2,000 feet) in diameter.[3] It safely passed 1.27 lunar distances from Earth on 31 October 2015 at 17:01 UTC,[7] and passed by Earth again in November 2018.
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