(85640) 1998 OX4

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(85640) 1998 OX4
Discovery
Discovered by Spacewatch
Discovery site Kitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date26 July 1998
Designations
(85640) 1998 OX4
MPO 267962
Orbital characteristics [1] [2] [3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD  2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 3656 days (10.01 yr)
Aphelion 2.347918212  AU (351.2435651  Gm)
Perihelion 0.81264205 AU (121.569520 Gm)
1.580280132 AU (236.4065429 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.4857608
1.99  yr (725.60  d)
227.77555°
0° 29m 46.099s / day
Inclination 4.5134807°
299.70814°
117.10906°
Earth  MOID 0.00103632 AU (155,031 km)
Jupiter  MOID 3.03959 AU (454.716 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions300–600 m [a] [4]
21.1 [1]

    (85640) 1998 OX4 (provisional designation 1998 OX4) is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.

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    It was discovered on 26 July 1998 by the Spacewatch program and subsequently lost. It was re-discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) project on 31 August 2002, as 2002 PJ34. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 8 August 2002. [5] It has a well determined orbit with an observation arc of more than 10 years. It is included in the Minor Planet Center list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) as it comes to within 0.05 AU of Earth periodically. It is also a Mars crossing asteroid

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 "(85640) 1998 OX4". JPL Small-Body Database . Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID:  2085640 . Retrieved 7 April 2016.
    2. AstDys-2 on 1998 OX4 Retrieved 2013-03-19
    3. NEODyS-2 on 1998 OX4 Retrieved 2013-03-19
    4. Absolute-magnitude conversion table (H)
    5. "Date/Time Removed". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
    Preceded by Large NEO Earth close approach
    (inside the orbit of the Moon)

    22 January 2148
    Succeeded by
    2011 LT17