(17511) 1992 QN

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(17511) 1992 QN
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Eleanor Helin and Jeff Alu
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date29 August 1992
Designations
1992 QN
Apollo
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 9656 days (26.44 yr)
Aphelion 1.61699  AU (241.898  Gm)
Perihelion 0.76297 AU (114.139 Gm)
1.18998 AU (178.018 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.35884
1.3 yr (474.14 d)
Average orbital speed
27.3 km/s
235.804°
0° 45m 33.365s / day
Inclination 9.58265°
355.924°
202.359°
Earth  MOID 0.132266 AU (19.7867 Gm)
Physical characteristics
6  h (0.25  d)
X
17.3

    (17511) 1992 QN (provisional designation 1992 QN) is a small, bright Apollo asteroid discovered on 29 August 1992 by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Jeff Alu at the Palomar Observatory, California, United States. It is a near-Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars and Earth (a Mars and Earth-crossing asteroid). On 18 January 1996, it passed Earth at a distance of 0.158848 AU (23.763 million km), and on 12 July 2027, it will pass our planet again at a distance of 0.161858 AU (24.214 million km). [3] (17511) 1992 QN's orbit is similar to that of Apollo asteroid 2010 JG. [4]

    References

    1. ↑ "Info". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
    2. ↑ "(17511) 1992 QN". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
    3. ↑ "(17511) 1992 QN close approaches". Near Earth Objects. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
    4. ↑ "2010 JG: Very small Apollo-class Asteroid". Space Reference. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.


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