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2012 LZ1

Asteroid classified as near-Earth object

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
background	#FFC2E0
name
image	2012LZ1 Radar Jun19.png
caption	Radar image of by the Arecibo Observatory in 2012
discovery_ref
discoverer	Robert H. McNaught
discovery_site	Siding Spring Survey
discovered	10 June 2012
mpc_name
mp_category	{{Hlist
PHA<ref name	"jpldata"/
orbit_ref
epoch	13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
aphelion	4.0667 AU (Q)
perihelion	1.0492 AU (q)
semimajor	2.5579 AU (a)
eccentricity	0.58984 (e)
period	4.09 yr (1494.3 d)
inclination	26.102° (i)
asc_node	264.53° (Ω)
mean_anomaly	312.53° (M)
arg_peri	14.241° (ω)
dimensions	~1 km
sidereal_day	10–15 hr
albedo	0.02–0.04
abs_magnitude	19.9
mean_motion	/ day (n)
rotation	12.87 h
uncertainty	2
moid	0.043164 AU
jupiter_moid	1.1348 AU

| Amor | NEO | PHA **** is an asteroid classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Amor group, approximately 1 km in diameter. It was discovered during the night of 10–11 June 2012 by astronomer Robert H. McNaught and his colleagues using the 0.5-meter Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, just four days before its closest approach to Earth.

Overview

Arecibo radar observations on 19 June 2012 have shown that is about 1 km in diameter and that has zero chance of impacting the Earth for at least the next 750 years.

A small change of trajectory caused by Earth's gravity was predicted from the 2012 passby.

The next passby for was 27 July 2016 at 0.5 AU from Earth.{{cite web

References

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120627075619/http://www.usra.edu/news/pr/2012/asteroid_LZ1/ |archive-date = 27 June 2012 |url-status = dead

References

(2012-06-14). "Humongous asteroid to hurtle past Earth Thursday". [[The Christian Science Monitor]].
(13 June 2012). "Huge Asteroid to Fly by Earth Thursday: How to Watch Online".
Wall, Mike. (2012-05-20). "Huge asteroid to fly by Earth Thursday{{Snd}} Technology & science{{Snd}} Space{{Snd}} Space.com".
Ker Than. (2012-06-14). "Large Asteroid to Buzz Earth Tonight—Watch It Live". [[National Geographic (magazine).

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