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2012 BX34

Near-Earth asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
background	#FFC2E0
name
discovery_ref
discoverer	Catalina Sky Survey
discovered	25 January 2012
mp_category	Aten
orbit_ref
epoch	13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
aphelion	1.0332 AU (Q)
perihelion	0.48892 AU (q)
semimajor	0.76105 AU (a)
eccentricity	0.35757 (e)
period	0.66 yr (242.5 d)
avg_speed	1.48200135°/day
inclination	10.527° (i)
asc_node	306.74° (Ω)
mean_anomaly	211.76° (M)
arg_peri	335.834° (ω)
dimensions	~8 m
rotation	1.80828 h
magnitude	~13.9 to 30.3
abs_magnitude	27.6
mean_motion	1.4845°/day (n)
uncertainty	3
moid	0.000288322 AU
jupiter_moid	4.09701 AU

**** is a small Aten asteroid that made one of the closest recorded asteroid close approaches of Earth on 27 January 2012. It passed within 0.0004371 AU of Earth during its closest approach at 15:25 GMT. measures around 8 m across; if it had impacted in 2012, it would have been too small to pass through Earth's atmosphere intact.

During its 2012 close approach to Earth, had a brightest apparent magnitude of about 13.9, making it about as bright as the dwarf planet Pluto. By 25 February 2012, it had dimmed to magnitude 30. During its close approach of 0.0246 AU on 28 January 2014, it will only reach a magnitude of about 23. has been observed in more detail using radar astronomy.

References

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201070833/http://itelescope.squarespace.com/home/2012/1/27/neo-bx34-a-close-encounter.html |archive-date=1 February 2012 |url-status=dead

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