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(137924) 2000 BD19

Asteroid


Asteroid

FieldValue
minorplanetyes
background#FFC2E0
name
discovererLINEAR
discovered26 January 2000
discovery_ref
mp_category{{Ubl
orbit_ref
epoch13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
observation_arc6960 days (19.06 yr)
uncertainty0
semimajor0.876497123 AU
perihelion0.092057468 AU
aphelion1.66093678 AU
eccentricity0.8949712
period0.82 yr (299.7 d)
inclination25.716450°
asc_node333.73148°
arg_peri324.31756°
mean_motion1.2010977°/day
mean_anomaly328.94867°
moid0.0904402 AU
mean_diameter0.97 km
rotation10.570 h
albedo0.247
spectral_typeV
abs_magnitude17.2

| NEO | Aten | Mercury crosser | Venus crosser | Earth crosser | Mars grazer

****, provisional designation , is a 970-meter asteroid and near-Earth object with the second smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid (0.092 AU—38% of Mercury's orbital radius). With its high eccentricity, not only does get very close to the Sun, but it also travels relatively far away from it. It has the third largest aphelion of any numbered Aten asteroid and is one of a small group of Aten asteroids that is also a Mars grazer. Its orbital elements indicate that it may be an extinct comet, but it hasn't been seen displaying cometary activity so far.

was discovered by LINEAR in January 2000 and was soon after located by DANEOPS on Palomar plates from 10 February 1997. This allowed a reasonably precise orbit determination, and as a result it was spotted again on 27 February 2001 and 21 January 2002. When it was discovered, it beat 1995 CR's record for both asteroid with the smallest perihelion and for Aten asteroid with the highest eccentricity.

It is estimated that 's surface temperature reaches ~920 K at perihelion, enough to melt lead and zinc, and nearly enough to melt aluminium. The asteroid would be hot enough to incandesce red being above the Draper Point at closest approach. is considered a good candidate for measuring the effects of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity because of how close it comes to the Sun.

shares noticeable orbit similarities with two other low-perihelion asteroids: and 1995 CR, their longitude of perihelion differing by only 9.9 and 7.1 degrees, respectively. Combined with their similar semimajor axis (average distance from the Sun) of 0.877, 0.911, and 0.907 astronomical units respectively, they could possibly be fragments of that separated from it in the past.

References

References

  1. "137924 (2000 BD19)". [[NASA]]/[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]].
  2. [https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=137924 AstDys-2 on (127924) 2000 BD19] Retrieved 2011-09-12
  3. [https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys2/index.php?pc=1.1.9&n=137924 NeoDys-2 on (127924) 2000 BD19] Retrieved 2011-09-12
  4. [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb_query.cgi?obj_group=all;obj_kind=ast;obj_numbered=all;ast_orbit_class=ATE;OBJ_field=0;ORB_field=0;table_format=HTML;max_rows=200;format_option=comp;c_fields=BgBhBiBjBnBsChAcCq;.cgifields=format_option;.cgifields=ast_orbit_class;.cgifields=table_format;.cgifields=obj_kind;.cgifields=obj_group;.cgifields=obj_numbered;.cgifields=com_orbit_class&query=1&c_sort=BnD List of Aten asteroids sorted by Q in decreasing order, generated by the JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine] Retrieved 2011-09-12
  5. [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb_query.cgi?obj_group=all;obj_kind=ast;obj_numbered=all;ast_orbit_class=ATE;OBJ_field=0;ORB_field=0;c1_group=ORB;c1_item=Bn;c1_op=%3E;c1_value=1.38;table_format=HTML;max_rows=200;format_option=comp;c_fields=BgBhBiBjBnBsChAcCq;.cgifields=format_option;.cgifields=ast_orbit_class;.cgifields=table_format;.cgifields=obj_kind;.cgifields=obj_group;.cgifields=obj_numbered;.cgifields=com_orbit_class&query=1&c_sort=BnD List of Aten asteroids with Q>1.38 AU and sorted by Q in decreasing order, generated by the JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine] Retrieved 2011-09-12
  6. Margot, Jean-Luc [http://mel.epss.ucla.edu/jlm/research/NEAs/2000BD19/ Measuring asteroidal perihelion advance to measure solar oblateness and test general relativity], retrieved 22 December 2007.
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