(5496) 1973 NA

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(5496) 1973 NA
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. F. Helin
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date4 July 1973
Designations
(5496) 1973 NA
1973 NA ·1992 OA
Apollo  · NEO [2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 41.30 yr (15,086 days)
Aphelion 3.9837 AU
Perihelion 0.8865 AU
2.4351 AU
Eccentricity 0.6360
3.80 yr (1,388 days)
240.93°
0° 15m 33.84s / day
Inclination 68.006°
101.04°
118.02°
Earth  MOID 0.0904 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
1.88 km (calculated) [3]
2.855±0.001 h [lower-alpha 1]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
C/X [4]  · S [3]
16.0 [1] [3]

    (5496) 1973 NA, is a very eccentric and heavily tilted asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 July 1973, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California. [2] At the time of its discovery, it was the most highly inclined minor planet known to exist. It may be the parent body of the Quadrantids.

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    Parent of the Quadrantids

    1973 NA is a possible parent body of the Quadrantids, a major meteor shower that occurs every January. It may also be just a fragment of the parent or the dormant remains of the parent. Other possible parent bodies are Comet 1491 I and comet 96P/Machholz, [5] as well as (196256) 2003 EH1 . [6] [7]

    Orbit and classification

    The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9–4.0  AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,388 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.64 and an inclination of 68° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] No precoveries were taken. The asteroid's observation arc even begins 2 days after its discovery. [2]

    The body was also one of the first known near-Earth asteroids. Its discovery happened just two days after it had passed 0.07984 AU (11,900,000 km) from Earth on one of its closest approaches ever computed. [8] It was then tracked for more than a month, but was not seen again until its next close approach in 1992, when it was recovered by the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. [2] Its minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth is now 0.0904 AU (13,500,000 km). [1]

    Physical characteristics

    The stony S-type asteroid is also classified as a transitional C/X-type according to observations by the NASA IRTF telescope. [4] A rotational lightcurve for this asteroid was obtained by American astronomer Brian Skiff from photometric observations made in June 2011. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 2.855±0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 magnitude ( U=3 ). [lower-alpha 1] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 1.88 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 16.0. [3]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Skiff (2011) web: rotation period 2.855±0.001 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.15 mag. Observation rated Quality Code (U) of 3. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (5496) 1973 NA

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