(163364) 2002 OD20

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(163364) 2002 OD20
Discovery [1]
Discovered by NEAT
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date21 July 2002
Designations
(163364) 2002 OD20
NEO  · PHA  · Apollo [1]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 5068 days (13.88 yr)
Aphelion 1.8697  AU (279.70  Gm)
Perihelion 0.86152 AU (128.882 Gm)
1.3656 AU (204.29 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.36914 (e)
1.60 yr (582.90 d)
267.34°
0° 37m 3.36s / day
Inclination 4.1884°
259.99°
275.24°
Earth  MOID 0.0261628 AU (3.91390 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
0.46–1.0 km [2]
2.420  h (0.1008  d)
18.8 [1]

    (163364) 2002 OD20 is an asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, likely smaller than one kilometer in diameter. [1] [3]

    It was scheduled to be observed by Goldstone radar in May 2013. [4] It has a well determined orbit and made a close approach to Earth on 23 May 2013, at a distance of 0.0387  AU (5,790,000  km ; 3,600,000  mi ). [1] [4] It is due to make another close pass on 23 May 2131, coming as close as 0.0248 AU. [1] It was discovered on 21 July 2002 by astronomers of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking survey at Palomar Observatory in California. [5] With an absolute magnitude of 18.8, [1] the diameter is estimated to between 460 and 1030 meters. [2]

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