2003 BR47

2003 BR47
Discovery
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery date January 31, 2003
Designations
MPC designation 2003 BR47
Apollo asteroid,[1][2]
Earth crosser,
Mars crosser
Orbital characteristics[2][3][4]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc 939 days (2.57 yr)
Aphelion 2.4425608 AU (365.40189 Gm)
Perihelion 0.81386474 AU (121.752432 Gm)
1.6282128 AU (243.57717 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.5001484
2.08 yr (758.87 d)
104.04713°
0° 28m 27.811s /day
Inclination 4.420487°
314.56267°
112.52106°
Earth MOID 0.00791964 AU (1,184,761 km)
Jupiter MOID 2.90786 AU (435.010 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 300-600 m[a][5]
21.4[2]

    2003 BR47, also written 2003 BR47, is an Apollo asteroid but also an Earth crosser and a Mars crosser. It was discovered on January 31, 2003 by the LINEAR program. As of March 19, 2013 its orbit is based on 170 observations spanning a data-arc of 939 days. It is included in the Minor Planet Center list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) as it comes to within 0.05 AU of Earth periodically.

    See also

    Notes

    • ^ This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05.

    References

    1. ↑ List Of Apollo Minor Planets
    2. 1 2 3 "2003 BR47". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3147555. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
    3. ↑ AstDys-2 on 2003 BR47 Retrieved 2013-03-19
    4. ↑ NEODyS-2 on 2003 BR47 Retrieved 2013-03-19
    5. ↑ Absolute-magnitude conversion table (H)

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