(68950) 2002 QF15
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Template:Mp is a stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, that measures approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 August 2002, by the LINEAR project at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, United States.[1]
Orbit and classification
Template:Mp is a S-type asteroid that orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.7–1.4 AU once every 1 years and 1 month (397 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.34 and an inclination of 25° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] Taken at Palomar Observatory in 1955, a first precovery from the during the Digitized Sky Survey extends the body's observation arc by 47 years prior to its official discovery observation at Socorro.[1]
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Physical characteristics
In June 2006, a rotational lightcurve of Template:Mp was obtained from photometric observation taken by American astronomer Brian Warner at his Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 47 hours with a brightness variation of 0.35 magnitude (U=2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".),[3] superseding a lightcurve previously obtained by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at Ondřejov Observatory in 2003, which gave a shorter period of 29 hours and an amplitude of 0.3 magnitude (U=2-Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).Template:Efn
According to the survey carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite, the asteroid measures 1.12 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.428,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.040 and calculates a diameter of 3.49 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 16.4.[5]
Numbering and naming
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 10 September 2003.[6] As of 2018, it has not been named.[1]
Notes
References
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External links
- Lightcurve plot of (68950) 2002 QF15, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
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- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the JPL Small-Body DatabaseTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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