2012 EG5

2012 EG5
The orbit of the asteroid 2012 EG5 during its flyby on 1 April 2012. The asteroids path is shown by the blue line.
Discovery
Discovered byPan-STARRS
Discovery siteHaleakala Observatory, Haleakalā, Hawaii
Discovery date13 March 2012
Designations
MPO 230288
Apollo Apollo
NEO
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc21 d
Aphelion3.31229 AU (495.512 Gm)
Perihelion0.98483 AU (147.328 Gm)
2.14856 AU (321.420 Gm)
Eccentricity0.54163
3.15 yr (1150.32 d)
3.15 yr
256.02°
0° 18m 46.512s /day
Inclination3.02915°
192.919°
16.002°
Earth MOID0.0000309134 AU (4,624.58 km)
Mercury MOID0.54576 AU (81,645,000 km)
Jupiter MOID1.64413 AU (245.958 Gm)
Physical characteristics
0.29240 hr
24.3

2012 EG5 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 47 meters (154 ft). The asteroid was discovered on 13 March 2012. The asteroid came within 0.001539 AU (230,200 km; 143,100 mi) of Earth during its closest approach on 1 April 2012, just over half the distance between Earth and the Moon's orbit. It was briefly listed on the Sentry Risk Table with a 1 in 2,778,000 chance of an impact in 2107. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 1 April 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2012 EG5". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "(2012 EG5)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3601275. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NEO Earth Close Approaches: 2012 EG5". NASA JPL Near-Earth Object Program. 5 August 2006. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Date/Time Removed". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.