2017 BQ6

2017 BQ6
Radar image of 2017 BQ6
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered bySpace Surveillance Telescope
Discovery dateLincoln Lab's ETS
Designations
2017 BQ6
E2017-C83
NEO · Apollo · PHA[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc130 days
Aphelion2.9802 AU
Perihelion0.9133 AU
1.9468 AU
Eccentricity0.5309
2.72 yr (992 days)
65.132°
0° 21m 46.08s / day
Inclination9.0020°
133.03°
43.562°
Earth MOID0.0132 AU (5.1 LD)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions0.120±0.027 km[3]
2.150 h[4]
3 h[1]
0.13+0.103
−0.057
[3]
S (assumed)[4]
21.4[1][4]

2017 BQ6 is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 150 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 2017, by the Space Surveillance Telescope at Lincoln Laboratory's ETS (Atom Site) and passed within 6.6 lunar distances of Earth on 7 February 2017 at 6:36 UT.[1][2]

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