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Near Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40, erdmanpe

Near Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40

Near Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40, erdmanpe

Near Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40

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A single 30 second frame image of the 800m diameter near-Earth object taken within a few hours of its closest approach to Earth (~540,000 km) on 8/17/2002.  It was moving rapidly!  It was only discovered about a month earlier by the LINEAR system.  It has a highly eccentric orbit (0.71) taking it from 0.6 to 3.5 AU from the Sun with an orbit period of ~1100 days, making it a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.  Hopefully it won't come any closer in the future.

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Near Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40, erdmanpe