2017 BQ6

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2017 BQ6
2017 BQ6 radar rotation.gif
Radar image of 2017 BQ6
Discovery [1] [2]
Discovered by Space Surveillance Telescope
Discovery date Lincoln Lab's ETS
Designations
2017 BQ6
E2017-C83
NEO  · Apollo  · PHA [1]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc 130 days
Aphelion 2.9802 AU
Perihelion 0.9133 AU
1.9468 AU
Eccentricity 0.5309
2.72 yr (992 days)
65.132°
0° 21m 46.08s / day
Inclination 9.0020°
133.03°
43.562°
Earth  MOID 0.0132 AU (5.1 LD)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions0.120±0.027 km [3]
2.150 h [4]
3 h [1]
0.13+0.103
−0.057
[3]
S (assumed) [4]
21.4 [1] [4]

    2017 BQ6 is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 150 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 2017, by the Space Surveillance Telescope at Lincoln Laboratory's ETS (Atom Site) and passed within 6.6 lunar distances of Earth on 7 February 2017 at 6:36 UT. [1] [2]

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    Radar imaging

    Its closest approach was observed by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert, determining it to have a number of angular flat surfaces similar to a polyhedral die.

    Goldstone radar images of 2017 BQ6 PIA21452 - Angular Asteroid Composite.jpg
    Goldstone radar images of 2017 BQ6

    Orbit

    2017 BQ6 orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of 1.95  AU at a distance of 0.9–3.0 AU once every 2 years and 9 months (992 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.53 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0132 AU (1,970,000 km), which corresponds to 5.1 lunar distances. [1]

    2017 passage across the sky 2017BQ6.png
    2017 passage across the sky

    Physical characteristics

    Based on an absolute magnitude of 21.4 and an assumed albedo for stony S-type asteroids of 0.20, 2017 BQ6 measures 156 meters in diameter. [4] The body has a rotation period of 2.15 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.38 magnitude ( U=2 ). [4]

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