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(17511) 1992 QN
Discovery[1]
Discovered byEleanor Helin and Jeff Alu
Designations
1992 QN
Apollo
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc9656 days (26.44 yr)
Aphelion1.61699 AU (241.898 Gm)
Perihelion0.76297 AU (114.139 Gm)
1.18998 AU (178.018 Gm)
Eccentricity0.35884
1.3 yr (474.14 d)
27.3 km/s
235.804°
0° 45m 33.365s / day
Inclination9.58265°
355.924°
202.359°
Earth MOID0.132266 AU (19.7867 Gm)
Physical characteristics
h (0.25 d)
X
17.3

(17511) 1992 QN (provisional designation 1992 QN) is a small, bright Apollo asteroid discovered on August 29, 1992 by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Jeff Alu at the Palomar Observatory, California, United States. It is a near-Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars and Earth (a Mars and Earth-crossing asteroid). On January 18, 1996, it passed Earth at a distance of 0.158848 AU (23.763 million km), and on July 12, 2027, it will pass our planet again at a distance of 0.161858 AU (24.214 million km).[3] (17511) 1992 QN's orbit is similar to that of Apollo asteroid 2010 JG.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Info". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "(17511) 1992 QN". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "(17511) 1992 QN close approaches". Near Earth Objects. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ^ "2010 JG: Very small Apollo-class Asteroid". Space Reference. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 8 February 2021.