(159857) 2004 LJ1

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(159857) 2004 LJ1
Discovery [1]
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery site Lincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date10 June 2004
Designations
(159857) 2004 LJ1
2004 LJ1
Apollo  · NEO  · PHA [1] [2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22.29 yr (8,141 days)
Aphelion 3.6072 AU
Perihelion 0.9203 AU
2.2637 AU
Eccentricity 0.5935
3.41 yr (1,244 days)
286.61°
0° 17m 21.84s / day
Inclination 23.140°
235.58°
139.97°
Earth  MOID 0.0168 AU ·6.5 LD
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
2.47 km (calculated) [3]
3.070±1.324 km [4]
2.661±0.001 h [5] [lower-alpha 1]
2.7247±0.0002 h [6]
2.76 h [lower-alpha 2]
0.130±0.158 [4]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
S (assumed) [3]
15.11±0.94 [7]  ·15.4 [1] [3] [4]

    (159857) 2004 LJ1, provisional designation 2004 LJ1, is an asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 10 June 2004, by astronomers of the LINEAR program at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. [2] It is one of the largest potentially hazardous asteroids known to exist. [8]

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    Orbit and classification

    2004 LJ1 is a member of the dynamical Apollo group, [1] [2] which are Earth-crossing asteroids. Apollo asteroids are the largest subgroup of near-Earth objects.

    The body orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9–3.6  AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,244 days; semi-major axis of 2.26 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.59 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] Its observation arc begins with a precovery from the Digitized Sky Survey taken at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, in February 1995, more than 9 years prior to its official discovery observation at Socorro. [2]

    Close approaches

    With an absolute magnitude of at least 15.4, 2004 LJ1 is one of the brightest and presumably largest known potentially hazardous asteroid (see PHA-list). [8] It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0168 AU (2,510,000 km), which translates into 6.5 lunar distances (LD). [1] On 16 November 2038, this asteroid will make its closest near-Earth encounter at a nominal distance of 0.0198 AU (7.7 LD). [1] It is also classified as a Mars-crosser, crossing the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.66 AU.

    Chronology of close approaches of large near-Earth objects since 1981 (A)
    PHA DateApproach distance in lunar distances Abs. mag
    ( H )    		Diameter (C)
    (m)    		Ref (D)
    Nominal (B)MinimumMaximum
    (143651) 2003 QO104 1981-05-182.7612.7602.76116.01333–4306 data
    2014 LJ21 1989-08-017.0346.8437.22416.01333–4306 data
    4179 Toutatis 1992-12-089.3999.3999.39915.302440–2450 data
    4179 Toutatis2004-09-294.0314.0314.03115.302440–2450 data
    (159857) 2004 LJ1 2038-11-167.7197.7197.71915.41746–4394 data
    (4953) 1990 MU 2058-06-058.9868.9848.98814.13199–10329 data
    4179 Toutatis 2069-11-057.7257.7247.72515.302440–2450 data
    (52768) 1998 OR2 2079-04-164.6114.6114.61215.81462–4721 data
    (415029) 2011 UL21 2089-06-256.9366.9356.93815.71531–4944 data
    3200 Phaethon 2093-12-147.7147.7097.71814.64900–5300 data
    (52768) 1998 OR2 2127-04-166.5366.5106.56315.81462–4721 data
    (A) This list includes near-Earth approaches of less than 10 lunar distances (LD) of objects with H brighter than 16.
    (B) Nominal geocentric distance from the center of Earth to the center of the object (Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km).
    (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

    Physical characteristics

    2004 LJ1 is an assumed stony S-type asteroid. [3]

    Rotation period

    Three rotational lightcurves of 2004 LJ1 have been obtained from photometric observations by Johanna Torppa, Adrián Galád and Brian Warner since 2004. [5] [6] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] Lightcurve analysis gave a consolidated rotation period of 2.7247 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.15 and 0.59 magnitude ( U=3 ). [3]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, 2004 LJ1 measures 3.07 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.13. [4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 2.47 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 15.4. [3]

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 30 June 2007. [9] As of 2018, it has not been named. [2]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Lightcurve plot of (159857) 2004 LJ1 from June to July 2014, by B. D. Warner at the CS3–Palmer Divide Station in California ( U82 ). Quality code of 2. Summary figures at the LCDB and CS3 website.
    2. 1 2 Torppa (2011) web: Undated observation. Rotation period 2.76 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.5 mag. Quality Code of 2. Summary figures at the LCDB

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