2017 VW13

2017 VW13
Discovery[1]
Discovered byATLAS-MLO
Discovery date13 November 2017
Designations
2017 VW13
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 4
Observation arc118 days
Aphelion3.3707 AU (Q)
Perihelion0.96118 AU (q)
2.1659 AU (a)
Eccentricity0.556231
3.19 yr
47.813° (M)
Inclination11.4909°
45.705° (Ω)
337.12° (ω)
Earth MOID0.002 AU (300,000 km)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions~250 m (820 ft) (assumed)[a]
20.7[2]

2017 VW13 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 250 meters (820 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 November 2017 when the asteroid was about 0.069 AU (10,300,000 km; 6,400,000 mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 110 degrees. Ten days earlier, on 3 November 2017, the asteroid had passed 0.02818 AU (4,216,000 km; 2,619,000 mi) from Earth,[2] but only had a solar elongation of 65 degrees.

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