2002 NY40

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2002 NY40
2002 NY40 Radar.jpg
Radar image of 2002 NY40 taken by the Arecibo Observatory in August 2002, revealing its contact binary shape
Discovery [1]
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery site Lincoln Laboratory ETS
Discovery date14 July 2002
(first observed only)
Designations
2002 NY40
NEO  · Apollo  · PHA [1] [2]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 3.01 yr (1,099 d)
Aphelion 3.5047 AU
Perihelion 0.5987 AU
2.0517 AU
Eccentricity 0.7082
2.94 yr (1,073 d)
231.63°
0° 20m 7.44s / day
Inclination 5.8869°
145.46°
269.68°
Earth  MOID 0.0010 AU (0.3896 LD)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
800  m
19.0 [2]

    2002 NY40 is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 800 meters (2,600 feet) in diameter. [1] The contact binary with a bilobated, peanut-like shape was first observed on 14 July 2002 by the LINEAR automated system in New Mexico. On 18 August 2002, it passed Earth at a distance of 540,000 km. [3] It was observed with adaptive optics by the Midcourse Space Experiment. [4]

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    Orbit and classification

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–3.5  AU once every 2 years and 11 months (1,073 days; semi-major axis of 2.05 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.71 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. [2]

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 "2002 NY40". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2002 NY40)" (2005-07-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 24 August 2019.
    3. The Triangle that Skimmed Past the Earth: Asteroid 2002 NY40 11 September 2007 by Fraser Cain
    4. Ted Stryk @tsplanets, Twitter, 23 Aug 2019