![]() Radar image of 2002 NY40 taken by the
Arecibo Observatory in August 2002, revealing its
contact binary shape | |
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Laboratory ETS |
Discovery date | 14 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 | |
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]
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]