2017 TX 4
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Asteroid 2017 TX 4 |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Near-Earth asteroid, Apollo-type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.42983 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.58826 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1,00046 AU - 3.85920 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.7376 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 17.534 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 341.324 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 25th September 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 3.79 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 26.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Mount Lemmon Observatory |
| Date of discovery | October 12, 2017 |
| 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. | |
2017 TX 4 is an asteroid that belongs to the Near Earth asteroids ( Apollo type ) and was discovered on October 12, 2017 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson in Arizona ( IAU code 645).
After its discovery, it was calculated that it flew past Earth on October 4, 2017 at 16:49 at a distance of only 2.78 million km. A classification as a potentially dangerous asteroid is currently not given.
Web links
- 2017 TX4 in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
Individual evidence