2014 AF5
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Catalina Sky Survey (703) |
| Discovery date | 2 January 2014 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2014 AF5 |
| Apollo, NEO[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 7 | |
| Aphelion | 2.3810 AU (356.19 Gm) (Q) |
| Perihelion | 0.75353 AU (112.726 Gm) (q) |
| 1.5672 AU (234.45 Gm) (a) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.51920 (e) |
| 1.96 yr (716.64 d) | |
| 35.862° (M) | |
| Inclination | 6.4141° (i) |
| 100.66° (Ω) | |
| 288.71° (ω) | |
| Earth MOID | 0.000570632 AU (85,365.3 km) |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.08041 AU (460.823 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~7 meters (23 ft) 5–10 meters |
| Mass | 5×105 kg (assumed) |
| 28.8[2] | |
| <templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references />, or <references group="..." /> |
|
2014 AF5 (also written 2014 AF5) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 5–10 meters in diameter that passed less than 1 lunar distance from Earth on 1 January 2014.[3]
From mid November 2013 until 1 January 2014 15:00 UT the small dim asteroid had an elongation less than 45 degrees from the Sun with an undetectable apparent magnitude of around 30.[4] While less than 18 degrees from the Sun any dim asteroid can be lost in astronomical twilight. On 1 January 2014 10:00 UT the asteroid passed 0.00062 AU (93,000 km; 58,000 mi) from the Moon and at 16:13 UT passed 0.00064 AU (96,000 km; 59,000 mi) from Earth.[3] The asteroid was then discovered on 2 January 2014 by the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitude of 18.9 using a 0.68-meter (27 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope.[1] By 3 January 2014 the asteroid was becoming dimmer than apparent magnitude 20.[4]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
- 2014 AF5 at the JPL Small-Body Database
|
2014 in space
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Space probes |
|
   |
| Impact events | ||
| Supernovae | ||
| Notable comets |
|
|
| NEOs | ||
| Exoplanets | ||
| Discoveries |
|
|
| Deep space rendezvous |
|
|
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (K14A05F)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
