(322756) 2001 CK32 is a sub-kilometer asteroid and near-Earth object of the Aten group. It is also a transient Venus co-orbital,[6][7] and a Mercury grazer as well as an Earth crosser. It was once designated as a potentially hazardous asteroid.[citation needed]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery date | 13 February 2001 |
| Designations | |
| 2001 CK32 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2][3][4] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 4777 days (13.08 yr) |
| Aphelion | 1.002762662 AU (150.0111591 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.44776848 AU (66.985211 Gm) |
| 0.725265571 AU (108.4981851 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3826145 |
| 0.62 yr (225.6 d) | |
| 197.81721° | |
| 1.5957266°/day | |
| Inclination | 8.1302858° |
| 109.44400° | |
| 234.11841° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0769248 AU (11.50779 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 7.857 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 800 m[5][a] |
| 19.0[2] | |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05.
References
edit- ^ List Of Aten Minor Planets
- ^ a b c "(322756) 2001 CK32". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 2322756. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ AstDys-2 on 2001 CK32 Retrieved 2012-08-25
- ^ NEODyS-2 on 2001 CK32 Retrieved 2012-08-25
- ^ CNEOS – Asteroid Size Estimator
- ^ Transient co-orbital asteroids
- ^ de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. (2013). "Asteroid 2012 XE133, a transient companion to Venus". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 432 (2): 886–893. arXiv:1303.3705. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.432..886D. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt454.
Further reading
edit- Understanding the Distribution of Near-Earth Asteroids Bottke, W. F., Jedicke, R., Morbidelli, A., Petit, J.-M., Gladman, B. 2000, Science, Vol. 288, Issue 5474, pp. 2190–2194.
- A Numerical Survey of Transient Co-orbitals of the Terrestrial Planets Christou, A. A. 2000, Icarus, Vol. 144, Issue 1, pp. 1–20.
- Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects Bottke, W. F., Morbidelli, A., Jedicke, R., Petit, J.-M., Levison, H. F., Michel, P., Metcalfe, T. S. 2002, Icarus, Vol. 156, Issue 2, pp. 399–433.
- Transient co-orbital asteroids Brasser, R., Innanen, K. A., Connors, M., Veillet, C., Wiegert, P., Mikkola, S., Chodas, P. W. 2004, Icarus, Vol. 171, Issue 1, pp. 102–109.
- The population of Near Earth Asteroids in coorbital motion with Venus Morais, M. H. M., Morbidelli, A. 2006, Icarus, Vol. 185, Issue 1, pp. 29–38.
- Asteroid 2012 XE133: a transient companion to Venus de la Fuente Marcos, C., de la Fuente Marcos, R. 2013, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 432, Issue 2, pp. 886–893.
External links
edit- 2001 CK32 data at MPC
- List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)
- (322756) 2001 CK32 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- (322756) 2001 CK32 at ESA–space situational awareness
- (322756) 2001 CK32 at the JPL Small-Body Database
