2013 RH74

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2013 RH74
Discovery
Discovered by Catalina Sky Survey
Discovery dateSeptember 2013
Designations
Apollo NEO
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Aphelion 3.6416  AU (544.78  Gm)
Perihelion 0.92775 AU (138.789 Gm)
2.2847 AU (341.79 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.59392
3.45 yr (1261.3 d)
224.40°
0° 17m 7.476s / day
Inclination 5.5202°
201.092°
226.73°
Earth  MOID 0.0178259 AU (2.66672 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID 1.72362 AU (257.850 Gm)
Physical characteristics
5.3  h (0.22  d), [2] 5.346 h (0.2228 d) [1]
20.9 [1]

    2013 RH74 is an Apollo asteroid and a near-Earth object [1] discovered in September 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey. The asteroid is roughly 300 meters in diameter. It was listed on the Sentry Risk Table in September 2013. [3] It was detected by radar soon after discovery. [2] On 17 October 2013, the asteroid passed 0.05258  AU (7,866,000  km ; 4,888,000  mi ) from Earth. [1]

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    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2013 RH74)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 4 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Broadband Photometry of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 RH74
    3. NASA.gov