2008 FF5
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96) 1.5-m reflector |
| Discovery date | 2008-03-28 |
| Designations | |
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Mercury crosser, Venus crosser, Apollo Asteroid, Earth crosser, Mars crosser | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 2454555.5 (2005-Mar-30.0) | |
| Aphelion | 4.48687191 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.079234424 AU |
| 2.28305316 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.96529454 |
| 3.44970724 a (1260.00557 d) | |
| 11.788° | |
| Inclination | 2.62590° |
| 15.3016° | |
| 19.9046° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 70–160 m [3] |
| 23.1 | |
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2008 FF5 is the asteroid with the second-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun. Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.079 AU of the Sun (26% of Mercury's perihelion) and as far as 4.487 AU from the Sun (well beyond the orbit of Mars).
References
- ↑ "MPEC 2008-F50 : 2008 FF5". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2014-03-05. (K08F05F)
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2008 FF5)" (2008-04-08 last obs (arc=11 days)). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ "NEODyS 2008 FF5". Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
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