(620094)_2016_AJ193

<span class="nowrap">(620094) 2016 AJ<sub>193</sub></span>

(620094) 2016 AJ193

Add article description

(620094) 2016 AJ193 (provisional designation 2016 AJ193; also known as 2010 KV134) is a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 May 2010 by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite, but was lost until it was reobserved on 16 January 2016.[5][2] With an observation arc over 11 years, 2016 AJ193 has a well-determined orbit and trajectory through the year 2086.[3] The asteroid's orbit is only potentially hazardous on a time scale of thousands of years.[6][7]

Quick Facts Discovery, Discovered by ...

On 21 August 2021, the asteroid safely made a close approach to Earth from a distance of 0.0229 AU (3.43 million km; 2.13 million mi), or 8.92 lunar distances (LD). During closest approach, 2016 AJ193 reached a peak apparent magnitude of 14, visible to ground-based observers with telescope apertures of at least 20 cm (8 in).[4][6] It is the largest asteroid that approached within 10 LD (3.8 million km; 2.4 million mi) of Earth in 2021.[8]

The asteroid received the permanent minor planet number 620094 by the Minor Planet Center on 7 April 2023.[9]

2016 AJ193's rotation shown in radar images taken by Goldstone on 22 August 2021

References

  1. [1]
    "2016 AJ193". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    "MPEC 2020-B104 : 2016 AJ193". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 AJ193)" (2021-08-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    Benner, Lance A. M. "Goldstone Radar Observations Planning: 2016 AJ193 and 2011 UC292". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    "MPEC 2016-B28 : 2016 AJ193". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. [6]
    Irizarry, Ezzie (20 August 2021). "Heads Up! Close Asteroid Pass August 21". EarthSky. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. [7]
    O'Neill, Ian J.; Fox, Karen; Handal, Joshua (3 September 2021). "Planetary Radar Observes 1,000th Near-Earth Asteroid Since 1968". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. [8]
    "NEO Earth Close Approaches". Center for Near Earth Object Studies. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  9. [9]
    "M.P.C. 163231" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular (163231). Minor Planet Center: 1211. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.


Stub icon

This near-Earth asteroid-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article (620094)_2016_AJ193, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.