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(225312) 1996 XB27

Bright mini-asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	(225312)
background	#FFC2E0
discovery_ref
discoverer	Spacewatch
discovery_site	Kitt Peak National Obs.
discovered	12 December 1996
mpc_name	(225312)
alt_names	{{Hlist
mp_category	{{Hlist
NEO<ref name	"jpldata" /
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	17.62 yr (6,437 days)
aphelion	1.2579 AU
perihelion	1.1201 AU
semimajor	1.1890 AU
eccentricity	0.0579
period	1.30 yr (474 days)
mean_anomaly	195.38°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	2.4647°
asc_node	179.42°
arg_peri	58.279°
moid	0.1159 AU (45.2 LD)
mean_diameter	0.084 km
albedo	0.48
abs_magnitude	21.7

| | | Amor | NEO ****, provisional designation , is a bright mini-asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 84 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 12 December 1996, by astronomers of the Spacewatch program at the Kitt Peak National Observatory near of Tucson, Arizona, United States.

Description

is classified as an Amor asteroid because its perihelion is less than 1.3 AU and does not cross Earth's orbit. The asteroid is on a low-eccentricity and low-inclination orbit between the orbits of Earth and Mars. This is within a region of stability where bodies may survive for the age of the Solar System, and hence it may have formed near its current orbit.

It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.1–1.3 AU once every 1 years and 4 months (474 days; semi-major axis of 1.19 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Kitt Peak in December 1996.

Between 1900 and 2200 its closest approach with Earth is more than 0.11 AU.

References

[https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys2/index.php?pc=1.1.9&n=225312 NeoDys-2] Retrieved 2011-09-04
[https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1996%20XB27;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad JPL close-approach data] Retrieved 2011-09-04

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