2018 BD

2018 BD
Orbit before and after 1/18/2018 flyby
Discovery[1]
Discovered byCSS
Discovery siteMount Lemmon Obs.
Discovery date18 January 2018
(first observed only)
Designations
2018 BD
NEO · Apollo[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 7
Observation arc1 day
Aphelion1.3555 AU
Perihelion0.7508 AU
1.0531 AU
Eccentricity0.2871
1.08 yr (395 days)
357.05°
0° 54m 43.2s / day
Inclination2.4082°
298.10°
273.70°
Earth MOID6.019×10−6 AU
(0.00234 LD)
Physical characteristics
2 m (est. at 0.35)[3]
6 m (est. at 0.05)[3]
30.154[2]

2018 BD is a small asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 2–6 meters (7–20 ft) in diameter. It was first observed on 18 January 2018, by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, United States,[1] just hours before passing about 0.10 lunar distances from the Earth.[2]

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