(164121) 2003 YT1

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(164121) 2003 YT1
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Mosaic of radar images of 2003 YT1 and its moon by Arecibo Observatory on 4 May 2004
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Catalina Sky Srvy.
Discovery site Catalina Stn.
Discovery date18 December 2003
Designations
(164121) 2003 YT1
2003 YT1
Apollo  · NEO  · PHA [1] [2]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 35.41 yr (12,934 d)
Aphelion 1.4335 AU
Perihelion 0.7857 AU
1.1096 AU
Eccentricity 0.2919
1.17 yr (427 d)
11.417°
0° 50m 35.88s / day
Inclination 44.064°
38.335°
91.042°
Known satellites 1 (D: 210 m; P: 30 h) [3] [4]
Earth  MOID 0.0027 AU (1.0519 LD)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
1.0  km [3]
1.100±0.088 km [5]
1.561±0.202 km [6]
1.717±0.550 km [7]
2.34  h [8]
2.343 h [3]
2.343 h [9]
3.0025±0.0001 h [10]
0.198±0.153 [7]
0.240±0.067 [6]
0.36±0.20 [11]
0.486±0.040 [11]
0.4861±0.0395 [5]
0.5848(derived) [12]
V [12] [13] [14]
16.2 [2] [5] [12]
16.20±0.3 [7]

    (164121) 2003 YT1, provisional designation 2003 YT1, is a bright asteroid and synchronous binary system on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 December 2003, by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey at the Catalina Station near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States. [1] The V-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 2.3 hours. [12] Its 210-meter sized minor-planet moon was discovered at Arecibo Observatory in May 2004. [3] [4]

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    Orbit and classification

    2003 YT1 is a member of the Earth-crossing group of Apollo asteroids, the largest group of near-Earth objects with approximately 10 thousand known members. [1] [2]

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.8–1.4  AU once every 1 years and 2 months (427 days; semi-major axis of 1.11 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.29 and an inclination of 44° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at the Siding Spring Observatory in November 1989, more than 14 years prior to its official discovery observation at Catalina. [1]

    Close approaches and Torino rating

    The asteroid has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0027 AU (404,000 km; 251,000 mi), which corresponds to 1.05 lunar distances and makes it a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its sufficiently large size. [2] On the Torino Scale, this object was rated level 1 on 27 December 2003 with an observation arc of 8.7 days. [15] It was removed from the risk table on 29 December 2003. [16] Over the next ten million years the asteroid has a 6% chance of impacting Earth. [17]

    On 30 April 2004 it made a close approach at a nominal distance of 0.073 AU (28 LD), and on 31 October 2016, it passed Earth at 0.034 AU (13 LD). The asteroid's closest encounter with Earth will be on 29 April 2073, when it is projected to pass at 0.0113 AU (4.4 LD) only (see table). [2]

    2003 YT1 has unique orbital characteristics among minor planets. It is the only known binary asteroid to have an Earth MOID within the Moon's Apogee. [18]

    Earth Approach on 3 November 2023 [2]
    Date JPL Horizons
    nominal geocentric
    distance (AU)    		uncertainty
    region
    (3-sigma)
    2023-Nov-03 12:330.05936  AU (8.880 million  km ) [2] ±18 km [19]
    History of close approaches of large near-Earth objects since 1908 (A)
    PHA DateApproach distance (lunar dist.) Abs.
    mag
    ( H )    		Diameter (C)
    (m)    		Ref (D)
    Nomi-
    nal(B)    		Mini-
    mum    		Maxi-
    mum
    (33342) 1998 WT24 1908-12-163.5423.5373.54717.9556–1795 data
    (458732) 2011 MD5 1918-09-170.9110.9090.91317.9556–1795 data
    (7482) 1994 PC1 1933-01-172.9272.9272.92816.8749–1357 data
    69230 Hermes 1937-10-301.9261.9261.92717.5668–2158 data
    69230 Hermes1942-04-261.6511.6511.65117.5668–2158 data
    (137108) 1999 AN10 1946-08-072.4322.4292.43517.9556–1795 data
    (33342) 1998 WT24 1956-12-163.5233.5233.52317.9556–1795 data
    (163243) 2002 FB3 1961-04-124.9034.9004.90616.41669–1695 data
    (192642) 1999 RD32 1969-08-273.6273.6253.63016.31161–3750 data
    (143651) 2003 QO104 1981-05-182.7612.7602.76116.01333–4306 data
    2017 CH1 1992-06-054.6913.3916.03717.9556–1795 data
    (170086) 2002 XR14 1995-06-244.2594.2594.26018.0531–1714 data
    (33342) 1998 WT24 2001-12-164.8594.8594.85917.9556–1795 data
    4179 Toutatis 2004-09-294.0314.0314.03115.32440–2450 data
    2014 JO25 2017-04-194.5734.5734.57317.8582–1879 data
    (137108) 1999 AN10 2027-08-071.0141.0101.01917.9556–1795 data
    (35396) 1997 XF11 2028-10-262.4172.4172.41816.9881–2845 data
    (154276) 2002 SY50 2071-10-303.4153.4123.41817.6714–1406 data
    (164121) 2003 YT1 2073-04-294.4094.4094.40916.21167–2267 data
    (385343) 2002 LV 2076-08-044.1844.1834.18516.61011–3266 data
    (52768) 1998 OR2 2079-04-164.6114.6114.61215.81462–4721 data
    (33342) 1998 WT24 2099-12-184.9194.9194.91917.9556–1795 data
    (85182) 1991 AQ 2130-01-274.1404.1394.14117.11100 data
    314082 Dryope 2186-07-163.7092.9964.78617.5668–2158 data
    (137126) 1999 CF9 2192-08-214.9704.9674.97318.0531–1714 data
    (290772) 2005 VC 2198-05-051.9511.7912.13417.6638–2061 data
    (A) List includes near-Earth approaches of less than 5 lunar distances (LD) of objects with H brighter than 18.
    (B) Nominal geocentric distance from the Earth's center to the object's center (Earth radius≈0.017 LD).
    (C) Diameter: estimated, theoretical mean-diameter based on H and albedo range between X and Y.
    (D) Reference: data source from the JPL SBDB, with AU converted into LD (1 AU≈390 LD)
    (E) Color codes:   unobserved at close approach  observed during close approach  upcoming approaches

    Meteor stream

    On 28 April 2017, a 2.7 cm (1 in) fragment of 2013 YT1 is suspected of having impacted Earth creating a fireball over Kyoto, Japan. [17] The fragment would have broken off the parent body within the last ten thousand years.

    Physical characteristics

    Animation of Arecibo radar images showing 2003 YT1's rotation and its satellite's orbital motion on 3 May 2004 2003 YT1 may3s Arecibo.gif
    Animation of Arecibo radar images showing 2003 YT1's rotation and its satellite's orbital motion on 3 May 2004

    This object has been characterized as a bright Vestian-like V-type asteroid. [12] [14] [13]

    Rotation period

    Several rotational lightcurve of this asteroid have been obtained from photometric observations ( U=2/n.a./3/3 ). [8] [3] [9] [10] Analysis of the best-rated lightcurve gave a short rotation period of 2.343 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.16 and 0.27 magnitude. [12]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to radar observations with the Arecibo Observatory and the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, this asteroid measures between 1.0 and 1.717 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.198 and 0.4861. [3] [5] [6] [7] [11]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.5848 and adopts a diameter of 1.0 kilometer based on an absolute magnitude of 16.2. [12]

    Satellite

    The Arecibo radar observations in May 2004 revealed that 2003 YT1 is a synchronous binary asteroid. [3] Follow-up observations confirmed a 210-meter sized minor-planet moon orbiting its primary every 30 hours at a distance of 2.7 km. [4] [9]

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 26 September 2007 ( M.P.C. 60686). [20] As of 2018, it has not been named. [1]

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