(276033) 2002 AJ129
LD) | |
Physical characteristics | |
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Mean diameter | 0.5–1.2 km[5] |
18.7[3] | |
(276033) 2002 AJ129, provisional designation 2002 AJ129, is a
potentially hazardous asteroid, although there is no known threat of an impact for hundreds if not thousands of years. The media has compared the size of the asteroid to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.[8]
Description
2002 AJ129 was discovered on 15 January 2002 by astronomers of the
Sentry Risk Table on 3 February 2002.[9]
It is a
potentially hazardous asteroid,[3] but that does not mean there is a near-term threat of an impact. It is a potentially hazardous asteroid merely as a result of its size (absolute magnitude H ≤ 22) and Earth minimum orbit intersection distance
(Earth MOID ≤ 0.05 AU).
2018 approach
On 4 February 2018 at 21:31
2172 approach
On 8 February 2172, the asteroid will pass about 0.00458 AU (685,000 km; 426,000 mi) from Earth.3-sigma accuracy of ±4000 km.
As we look even further into the future the known trajectory becomes more divergent. By the Earth approach of 0.24 AU (36,000,000 km; 22,000,000 mi) on 19 February 2196 the uncertainty increases to ±2.4 million km.[3]
History of close approaches of large near-Earth objects since 1908 (A)
PHA
|
Date | Approach distance in lunar distances
|
H )
|
Diameter (C) ( m )
|
Ref (D) | ||
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Nominal(B) | Minimum | Maximum | |||||
(152680) 1998 KJ9 | 1914-12-31 | 0.606 | 0.604 | 0.608 | 19.4 | 279–900 | data |
(458732) 2011 MD5 | 1918-09-17 | 0.911 | 0.909 | 0.913 | 17.9 | 556–1795 | data |
(163132) 2002 CU11 | 1925-08-30 | 0.903 | 0.901 | 0.905 | 18.5 | 443–477 | data |
69230 Hermes | 1937-10-30 | 1.926 | 1.926 | 1.927 | 17.5 | 700-900[13] | data |
69230 Hermes | 1942-04-26 | 1.651 | 1.651 | 1.651 | 17.5 | 700-900[13] | data |
2017 NM6 | 1959-07-12 | 1.89 | 1.846 | 1.934 | 18.8 | 580–1300 | data |
(27002) 1998 DV9 | 1975-01-31 | 1.762 | 1.761 | 1.762 | 18.1 | 507–1637 | data |
2002 NY40 | 2002-08-18 | 1.371 | 1.371 | 1.371 | 19.0 | 335–1082 | data |
2004 XP14 |
2006-07-03 | 1.125 | 1.125 | 1.125 | 19.3 | 292–942 | data |
2015 TB145 | 2015-10-31 | 1.266 | 1.266 | 1.266 | 20.0 | 620-690 | data |
(137108) 1999 AN10 | 2027-08-07 | 1.014 | 1.010 | 1.019 | 17.9 | 556–1793 | data |
(153814) 2001 WN5 | 2028-06-26 | 0.647 | 0.647 | 0.647 | 18.2 | 921–943 | data |
99942 Apophis | 2029-04-13 | 0.0981 | 0.0963 | 0.1000 | 19.7 | 310–340 | data |
2017 MB1 | 2072-07-26 | 1.216 | 1.215 | 2.759 | 18.8 | 367–1186 | data |
2011 SM68 | 2072-10-17 | 1.875 | 1.865 | 1.886 | 19.6 | 254–820 | data |
(163132) 2002 CU11 | 2080-08-31 | 1.655 | 1.654 | 1.656 | 18.5 | 443–477 | data |
(416801) 1998 MZ | 2116-11-26 | 1.068 | 1.068 | 1.069 | 19.2 | 305–986 | data |
(153201) 2000 WO107 | 2140-12-01 | 0.634 | 0.631 | 0.637 | 19.3 | 427–593 | data |
(276033) 2002 AJ129 | 2172-02-08 | 1.783 | 1.775 | 1.792 | 18.7 | 385–1242 | data |
(290772) 2005 VC | 2198-05-05 | 1.951 | 1.791 | 2.134 | 17.6 | 638–2061 | data |
(A) This list includes near-Earth approaches of less than 2 JPL SBDB, with AU converted into LD (1 AU≈390 LD)(E) Color codes: unobserved at close approach observed during close approach upcoming approaches |
References
- ^ IAU Minor Planet Center. 19 January 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2018. (K02AC9J)
- ^ a b c "276033 (2002 AJ129)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 276033 (2002 AJ129)" (2016-04-10 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ AstDys-2 Retrieved 2011 September 13
- ^ a b NeoDys-2 Retrieved 2011 September 13
- ^ List of asteroids with q<0.3075 AU generated by the JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine Retrieved 2011 September 10
- ^ NEODyS-2 Close approaches
- ^ "A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa is about to fly near our planet". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "NEOs Removed from Impact Risks Tables". Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
- ^ "Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth February 4 [2018]". NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Dr. Lance A. M. Benner (1 February 2018). "Goldstone Radar Observations Planning: Asteroids 2002 AJ129, 2014 SR339, and 2015 BN509". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "(276033) 2002AJ129 Ephemerides for February 2018". NEODyS (Near Earth Objects – Dynamic Site). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ . Retrieved 24 August 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2002 AJ129.
- (276033) 2002 AJ129 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- (276033) 2002 AJ129 at ESA–space situational awareness
- (276033) 2002 AJ129 at the JPL Small-Body Database