2017 VW13
2017 VW13 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 250 meters (820 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 November 2017 when the asteroid was about 0.069 AU (10,300,000 km; 6,400,000 mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 110 degrees. Ten days earlier, on 3 November 2017, the asteroid had passed 0.02818 AU (4,216,000 km; 2,619,000 mi) from Earth, but only had a solar elongation of 65 degrees.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | ATLAS-MLO |
| Discovery date | 13 November 2017 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | 2017 VW13 |
Minor planet category |
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| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 4 | |
| Observation arc | 118 days |
| Aphelion | 3.3707 AU (Q) |
| Perihelion | 0.96118 AU (q) |
Semi-major axis | 2.1659 AU (a) |
| Eccentricity | 0.556231 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.19 yr |
Mean anomaly | 47.813° (M) |
| Inclination | 11.4909° |
Longitude of ascending node | 45.705° (Ω) |
| 337.12° (ω) | |
| Earth MOID | 0.002 AU (300,000 km) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~250 m (820 ft) (assumed) |
| 20.7 | |
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