2004 XP 14
Asteroid 2004 XP 14 |
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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.
Web links
- University of Pisa
- www.minorplanets.de ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )