(143651) 2003 QO104

(143651) 2003 QO104
Discovery[1]
Discovered byNEAT
Discovery siteHaleakala Obs.
Discovery date31 August 2003
Designations
(143651) 2003 QO104
2003 QO104
NEO · PHA[1][2]
Apollo[2] · Amor[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc36.55 yr (13,349 d)
Aphelion3.2551 AU
Perihelion1.0151 AU
2.1351 AU
Eccentricity0.5246
3.12 yr (1,140 d)
297.32°
0° 18m 57.24s / day
Inclination11.608°
58.224°
183.53°
Earth MOID0.0042 AU (1.6362 LD)
Physical characteristics
1.88 km (calculated)[3]
2.29±0.54 km[4]
2.31 km[5]
113.3±0.1 h[6]
114±3 h[7]
114.4±0.1 h[8][a]
0.13[5]
0.137±0.140[4]
0.14±0.12[9]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
Q[10] · S (assumed)[3]
B–V = 0.903±0.008[11]
V–R = 0.454±0.011[11] 
V–I = 0.797±0.019[11]
B–V = 0.880±0.020[12]
V–R = 0.450±0.020[12]
16.0[2][3][5]
16.48±0.43[13]

(143651) 2003 QO104, provisional designation 2003 QO104, is a stony asteroid, slow rotator and suspected tumbler on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Amor and Apollo group, respectively. It was discovered on 31 August 2003, by astronomers of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii, United States.[1] The Q-type asteroid has a rotation period of 114.4 hours and possibly an elongated shape. It measures approximately 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) in diameter and belongs the largest potentially hazardous asteroids known to exist.[14]

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