2018 CB
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Asteroid 2018 CB |
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| 2018 CB flyby Earth on February 9, 2018 | |
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Apollo type |
| Major semi-axis | 1.4082 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3196 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 0.9582 AU - 1.8582 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.3026 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 320.7598 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 208.1066 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 5th November 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 1.67 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 24.44 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 25.9 mag |
| 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. | |
2018 CB is a small near-Earth asteroid with a presumed mean diameter between 15 and 40 meters. He is counted to the group of the Apollo asteroids . These are celestial bodies whose orbits cross the earth's orbit .
The asteroid was discovered on February 4, 2018 in the US state of Arizona using the Catalina Sky Survey project . On February 9, 2018 at 11:03 p.m. CET , it passed Earth at a distance of 0.000431 AU (64,500 km). This distance is less than a fifth of the distance between the earth and the moon . The closest approach speed was calculated to be 7.275 km / s relative to Earth.
According to NASA researcher Paul W. Chodas, the 2018 CB asteroid posed no threat to Earth:
- "Asteroids this size don't often get that close to our planet, maybe only once or twice a year."
See also
Web links
Commons : 2018 CB - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Five times closer than the moon: the just discovered asteroid rushes just past Earth on Chip Online on February 8, 2018
- NASA
- watchers.news
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asteroid 2018 CB whizzed just past the earth at the BR on February 10, 2018