(394130) 2006 HY51
| Discovery [1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
| Discovery date | 26 April 2006 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | (394130) 2006 HY51 |
| 2006 HY51 | |
| Apollo · NEO · Mercury crosser · Venus crosser · Earth crosser · Mars crosser · Jupiter crosser | |
| Orbital characteristics [3] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9.00 yr (3,286 days) |
| Aphelion | 5.1160 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.0803 AU |
| 2.5982 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.9691 |
| 4.19 yr (1,530 days) | |
| 145.24° | |
| 0° 14m 7.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 30.735° |
| 42.204° | |
| 340.66° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0905 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.8085 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 1.218 km[4] |
| 17.2[3] | |
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(394130) 2006 HY51 is an outstandingly eccentric asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 1.2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by LINEAR at Lincoln Lab's ETS on 26 April 2006.[2][4]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.1–5.1 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,530 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.97 and an inclination of 31° with respect to the ecliptic.[3]
It is the asteroid with the third-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun. Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.081 AU of the Sun (26% of Mercury's perihelion) and as far as 5.118 AU from the Sun (making it a Jupiter-grazer). It has a minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth of 0.0905 AU (13,500,000 km), equivalent to 35.2 lunar distances.[3]
As of 2016, the asteroid's effective size, its composition and albedo, as well as its rotation period and shape remain unknown.[3]
References
- ↑ "MPEC 2006-H57 : 2006 HY51". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2014-03-05. (K06H51Y)
- 1 2 "394130 (2006 HY51)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 394130 (2006 HY51)" (2015-04-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- 1 2 "NEODyS 2006 HY51". Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (390001)-(395000) – Minor Planet Center
- (394130) 2006 HY51 at the JPL Small-Body Database
