2005 WY55

2005 WY55
Discovery[1]
Discovery date November 26, 2005
Designations
MPC designation 2005 WY55
Apollo
NEO, PHA
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 1451 days (3.97 yr)
Aphelion 4.2823 AU (640.62 Gm) (Q)
Perihelion 0.69532 AU (104.018 Gm) (q)
2.4888 AU (372.32 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity 0.72062 (e)
3.93 yr (1434.1 d)
188.701° (M)
 15m 3.708s /day (n)
Inclination 7.27198° (i)
248.22° (Ω)
286.15° (ω)
Earth MOID 0.00387045 AU (579,011 km)
Jupiter MOID 0.953735 AU (142.6767 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 190-250 meters[1][3]
20.7[2]

    2005 WY55 is a near-Earth Asteroid belonging to the Apollo family.[3] It was first discovered on November 26, 2005.[1] The asteroid will pass within 330,000 km (0.9 lunar distances) from the Earth on May 28, 2065.[4][5] It has an absolute magnitude (H) of 20.68.[2] It is estimated to be 190 to 250 meters in diameter.[1][3] It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on July 1, 2006.[6]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "CRT 2005 Object Archive". Retrieved 2011-11-13.
    2. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "Asteroid General Data - 2005 WY55". Retrieved 2011-11-13.
    4. "Sormano Astronomical Observatory: Table of Asteroids Next Closest Approaches to the Earth". Retrieved 2011-11-13.
    5. "Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs)". 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
    6. "Date/Time Removed". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

    External links

    Preceded by
    2012 UE34
    Large NEO Earth close approach
    (inside the orbit of the Moon)

    28 May 2065
    Succeeded by
    2011 WL2


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