(85770) 1998 UP1 is a near Earth, Aten asteroid orbiting at nearly a 1:1 resonance with Earth.
Discovery[1][2] | |
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Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 18 October 1998 |
Designations | |
Alternative designations | 1998 UP1 |
Minor planet category | NEO · Aten |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 8787 days (24.06 yr) |
Aphelion | 1.3427 AU (200.87 Gm) |
Perihelion | 0.65377 AU (97.803 Gm) |
Semi-major axis | 0.99826 AU (149.338 Gm) |
Eccentricity | 0.34509 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 1.00 yr (364.30 d) |
Mean anomaly | 193.86° |
Mean motion | 0° 59m 17.484s / day |
Inclination | 33.180° |
Longitude of ascending node | 18.357° |
Argument of perihelion | 234.27° |
Earth MOID | 0.0833366 AU (12.46698 Gm) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 210–470 meters[3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 20.5[2] |
With an orbital period of 364.3 days, 1998 UP1 is in a near 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth. Although their periods are almost identical, their orbits are very different; 1998 UP1 has a highly eccentric orbit and moves between 0.65–1.35 AU from the Sun, it is also very highly inclined at 33°.[2] The preliminary period of 1998 UP1 was originally thought to be slightly longer than 1 year[1] producing an error in the predicted position of about 35 degrees; it was selected as a priority for recovery and recovered by the Camarillo Observatory on 12 October 1999.[4]
1998 UP1 also makes close approaches to Venus and will pass 0.0255 AU (3,810,000 km; 2,370,000 mi) from Venus on 24 January 2115.[5]
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