(332446) 2008 AF4 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, which was listed on the Sentry Risk Table in January 2008 with a Torino Scale rating of 1.[2] The asteroid showed a 1 in 71,000 chance of impact on 9 January 2089.[2] It was briefly downgraded to Torino Scale 0 in February 2008, but still showed a cumulative 1 in 53,000 chance of an impact.[3] In March it was back at Torino Scale 1 with a 1 in 28,000 chance of impact on 9 January 2089.[4] By mid April 2008, it was back to Torino Scale 0. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 19 December 2009.[5]
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Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 10 January 2008 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (332446) 2008 AF4 |
Alternative designations | 2008 AF4 |
Minor planet category | NEO · Apollo · PHA[1] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 13.78 yr (5,032 days) |
Aphelion | 1.9506 AU |
Perihelion | 0.8144 AU |
Semi-major axis | 1.3825 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.4109 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 1.63 yr (594 days) |
Mean anomaly | 8.0690° |
Mean motion | 0° 36m 22.68s / day |
Inclination | 8.9193° |
Longitude of ascending node | 109.38° |
Argument of perihelion | 293.39° |
Earth MOID | 0.0025 AU · 1 LD |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 390 m |
Mass | 8.3×1010 kg |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 19.7[1] |
2008 AF4 may pass as close as 0.002 AU (300,000 km; 190,000 mi) from Earth on 12 January 2183.[6] But the nominal solution shows the asteroid passing 0.009 AU (1,300,000 km; 840,000 mi) from Earth.[6]
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