(68950) 2002 QF15

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(68950) 2002 QF15
Discovery
Synodic rotation period
29 h[a]
47.0±0.5 h[5]
0.040 (assumed)[4]
0.428±0.029[3]
S[4]
16.4[1][3][4]

(68950) 2002 QF15 is a stony

Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, United States.[2]

Orbit and classification

2002 QF15 is a S-type asteroid that orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.7–1.4 AU once every 1 years and 1 month (397 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.34 and an inclination of 25° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] Taken at Palomar Observatory in 1955, a first precovery from the during the Digitized Sky Survey extends the body's observation arc by 47 years prior to its official discovery observation at Socorro.[2]

It has an Earth

LD.[1]

Physical characteristics

In June 2006, a rotational

U=2-).[a]

According to the survey carried out by the Japanese

albedo of 0.428,[3] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.040 and calculates a diameter of 3.49 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 16.4.[4]

Numbering and naming

This

numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 10 September 2003.[6] As of 2018, it has not been named.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Pravec (2003) web: rotation period 29 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.3 mag. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link for (68950) and unpublished data sheet from the Ondrejov Asteroid Photometry Project

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 68950 (2002 QF15)" (2017-05-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "68950 (2002 QF15)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ^
    doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153
    )
  4. ^ a b c d e "LCDB Data for (68950)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    . Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

External links

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