2004 XP 14

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Asteroid
2004 XP 14
2004 XP14 on July 3, 2006
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Apollo type
Major semi-axis 1.05733  AU
eccentricity 0.157407
Perihelion - aphelion 0.8909 AU - 1.2238 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 32.9294 °
Sidereal period 397 d 3 h
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 400 to 900 m
Absolute brightness 19.29 likes
history
Explorer LINEAR
Date of discovery December 10, 2004
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

2004 XP 14 is an asteroid that was discovered on December 10, 2004 by the sky surveillance program LINEAR . Since it crosses the earth's orbit at a short distance, it is classified as a near-earth object .

On July 3, 2006, it passed the earth at a distance of almost 433,000 kilometers, which is slightly more than the distance between the earth and the moon . The closest distance to earth was reached in 2004 by XP 14 for observers in Europe, however, in the daytime sky . The asteroid had a speed of about 63,000 kilometers per hour.

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