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(101869) 1999 MM
Sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit
Sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| name | (101869) 1999 MM |
| background | #FFC2E0 |
| discovery_ref | |
| discovered | 20 June 1999 |
| discoverer | LONEOS |
| discovery_site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| mpc_name | (101869) 1999 MM |
| alt_names | 1999 MM |
| mp_category | ApolloNEOPHA |
| orbit_ref | |
| epoch | 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
| observation_arc | 8.67 yr (3,167 days) |
| aphelion | 2.6168 AU |
| perihelion | 0.6319 AU |
| semimajor | 1.6243 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.6110 |
| period | 2.07 yr (756 days) |
| mean_anomaly | 254.72° |
| mean_motion | / day |
| inclination | 4.7642° |
| asc_node | 110.98° |
| arg_peri | 268.77° |
| moid | 0.0016 AU (0.6 LD) |
| mean_diameter | 370–830 m |
| abs_magnitude | 19.3 |
**** (provisional designation ****) is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It was discovered on 20 June 1999, by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at its U.S. Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona. The first observation was made by Catalina Sky Survey just 8 days before its official discovery.
Orbit and classification
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–2.6 AU once every 2 years and 1 month (756 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.61 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. It has a notably low Earth minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.0016 AU, which is less than one lunar distance, and also approaches Mars and Venus to within 15 million kilometers.
's orbit is very similar to that of 69230 Hermes, which in 1937 made what was for decades the closest observed approach to Earth by an asteroid. Its nearest pass to Earth within at least a century of present was the 930,000 kilometers one in 1875. In 2090 it passes Venus at 788,000 kilometers.
Physical characteristics
Based on its absolute magnitude of 19.3, its mean diameter is between 370 and 830 meters, assuming an albedo in the range of 0.05 to 0.25.
Numbering and naming
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 19 October 2005. As of 2018, it has not been named.
References
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