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Discovery[1]
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| Discovery site | Steward Observatory |
| Discovery date | 2006-03-29 |
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Designations
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Apollo |
| Epoch 2455000.5 (2009-Jun-18.0) | |
| Ap | 1.3789982 ± 1.4302e-07 AU |
| Peri | .62308 ± 1.7483e-05 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 1.0010399 ± 1.0382e-07 AU |
| Eccentricity | .37756 ± 1.7528e-05 |
| Orbital period | 365.82681 ± 5.6912e-05 d |
| Mean anomaly | 294.225 ± 0.0010627° |
| Inclination | 7.1016 ± 0.00044871° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 179.5739 ± 0.0002913° |
| Longitude of periastron | 170.8720 ± 0.00054382° |
| Time of periastron | 2455067.338 ± 0.0010758 jd |
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Physical characteristics
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| Mean radius | 70–160 m[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 21.915[3] |
2006 FV35 is a small near-Earth asteroid in the Apollo asteroid family. It is notable for having a low delta-v requirement for rendezvous.[3] Although its orbital period is almost exactly 1 year, the orbit of 2006 FV35 has a high eccentricity which causes it to cross the paths of both Venus and Mars.
With a semi-major axis of almost exactly 1 AU, 2006 FV35 has a relatively low transfer energy from the Earth. The delta-v required to transfer to the asteroid varies between 11 and 13 km/s; this change in delta-v oscillates over an approximately 200 year period with the current transfer cost near its maximum of 13 km/s.[3]