(192642) 1999 RD32

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(192642) 1999 RD32
(192642) 1999 RD32.jpg
Goldstone radar image showing the two lobes of suspected contact binary 1999 RD32.
Discovery [1] [2] [3]
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery site Lincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date8 September 1999
Designations
(192642) 1999 RD32
1999 RD32
Apollo  · NEO  · PHA [1] [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 21.92 yr (8,007 days)
Aphelion 4.6801 AU
Perihelion 0.6093 AU
2.6447 AU
Eccentricity 0.7696
4.30 yr (1,571 days)
89.009°
0° 13m 45.12s / day
Inclination 6.7914°
310.04°
299.89°
Earth  MOID 0.0495 AU ·19.3 LD
Jupiter  MOID 0.6702 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
1.63  km (calculated–dated) [4]
5 km(est.–radiometric) [5]
17.08±0.03  h [6] [lower-alpha 1]
17.1±0.5 h [7]
0.04(est.–radiometric) [5]
0.20 (assumed–dated) [4]
C [4] [5] [8] [9]
16.00 [8]  ·16.23±0.01 [9]  ·16.3 [1] [4]

    (192642) 1999 RD32, provisional designation: 1999 RD32, is an asteroid and suspected contact binary on an eccentric orbit, classified as a large near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1999, at a magnitude of 18, by astronomers of the LINEAR program using its 1-meter telescope at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, United States. [3] [2] The asteroid is likely of carbonaceous composition and has a rotation period of 17.08 hours. [4] [lower-alpha 1]

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    Description

    1999 RD32 orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–4.7  AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,571 days; semi-major axis of 2.64 AU). Its orbit has a high eccentricity of 0.77 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    The asteroid's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in January 1995. [3] It is known that 1999 RD32 passed 0.0093  AU (1,390,000  km ; 860,000  mi ) from Earth on 27 August 1969. [10] During the 1969 close approach the asteroid reached about apparent magnitude 8.8. [11] The similarly-sized 4179 Toutatis also reached that brightness in September 2004. It passed less than 0.007 AU (1,000,000 km; 650,000 mi) from asteroid 29 Amphitrite on 17 January 1939. [1]

    Arecibo radar observations on 5–6 March 2012 showed that 1999 RD32 is approximately 5 kilometers (3 mi) in diameter [5] and has an estimated albedo of only 0.04. [5] Other sources calculate a smaller diameter of 1.63 kilometers based on a dated assumption, that the object is a stony rather than a carbonaceous asteroid. [4] The two visible lobes suggest that 1999 RD32 is a tight binary asteroid or contact binary. [5] About 10–15% of near-Earth asteroids larger than 200 meters are expected to be contact binary asteroids with two lobes in mutual contact. [12]

    Close-approaches to Earth [10]
    DateDistance from Earth
    1969-08-270.0093  AU (1,390,000  km ; 860,000  mi )
    2012-03-140.1487 AU (22,250,000 km; 13,820,000 mi)
    2042-03-110.1428 AU (21,360,000 km; 13,270,000 mi)
    2046-09-040.1071 AU (16,020,000 km; 9,960,000 mi)
    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

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 13 November 2008. [13] As of 2018, it has not been named. [3]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Lightcurve plot of (192642) 1999 RD32, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2012): rotation period 17.08±0.03 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.28±0.02 mag. Summary figures at the LCDB

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