2016 WF 9
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Asteroid (2016) WF9 |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Apollo type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8731 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.6582 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 0.9818 AU - 4.7644 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.9997 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 125.4218 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 342.4321 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.87 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 20.075 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NEOWISE |
| Date of discovery | 2016 |
| 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. | |
2016 WF 9 is an Apollo-type asteroid . It was discovered in 2016 with the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope as part of the NeoWise mission. On February 25, 2017, it passed the earth with a distance of 51,000,000 km.