2008 EZ 7
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Asteroid 2008 EZ 7 |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Near-Earth asteroid, Apollo-type |
| Major semi-axis | 1.7974 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.4483 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 0.9917 AU - 2.6031 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.31 ° |
| Sidereal period | 880.19 days |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 0.013 km |
| Absolute brightness | 27,055 mag |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | March 7, 2008, 11:44 UTC |
| 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. | |
2008 EZ 7 is an approximately 13 meter large asteroid that passed Earth in the night of March 8th to 9th, 2008 at a distance of 160,000 kilometers. He reached the next earth distance on March 9th at 01:20 UTC .
The asteroid was only discovered on March 7, 2008 11:44 UTC by the Siding Spring Survey in Australia and was photographed by several observatories around the world during its very narrow passage for astronomical conditions. The mass of the asteroid was given by NASA as 4,100 t .