(52760) 1998 ML14

(52760) 1998 ML14 (also written (52760) 1998 ML14) is an as yet unnamed near-Earth and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was discovered by LINEAR in 1998. It is approximately 1.5 km in diameter.

Shortly after its discovery, 1998 ML14 was imaged by radar at Goldstone and Arecibo.[1] The study showed that the asteroid has a rotation period of 15 hours, and a shape that is roughly spherical, with some steep protrusions and large craters.

Notes

  1. ^ "NEA CIRCULAR POLARIZATION RATIO RANKING". Asteroid Radar Research. 11 April 2006. http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~lance/asteroid_radar_properties/nea.sc_oc.html. Retrieved 15 December 2009.