(669555) 2012 YQ1

(669555) 2012 YQ1
Orbit (blue) of asteroid 2012 YQ1 for 6 February 2013
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byA. Oreshko
T. Kryachko
Discovery siteElena Remote Obs.
Discovery date19 December 2012
(first observed only)
Designations
2012 YQ1
NEO · Apollo · PHA[2][3]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 6
Aphelion3.11880 AU (466.566 Gm)
Perihelion0.86916 AU (130.024 Gm)
1.99398 AU (298.295 Gm)
Eccentricity0.56411
2.82 yr (1028.4 d)
12.74578°
0° 21m 0.158s /day
Inclination5.15193°
120.16813°
42.09537°
Earth MOID0.00774939 AU (1,159,292 km)
Physical characteristics
~220 m (720 ft)[4]
21.1[3] · 20.9[5]

(669555) 2012 YQ1 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 200 meters in diameter. It was first observed on 19 December 2012, by astronomers Andrey Oreshko and Timur Kryachko at the Elena Remote Observatory (G32) located in the Chilean Atacama desert.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MPEC2012-Y15 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference hohmanntransfer1224 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference hohmanntransfer1230 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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