2019 AS5 is a near-Earth asteroid that passed close by the Earth on 8 January 2019. It passed within 0.04 lunar distances or 15,000 kilometers of the center of the Earth, 8600 km from the surface. It was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey 9 hours after closest approach. It is estimated to be about 1–2 metres (3–7 feet) in diameter.[2]
![]() The hourly motion of 2019 AS5 passed the Earth between 7 and 8 January 2019 | |
Discovery | |
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Discovery site | Mount Lemmon Obs. |
Discovery date | 8 January 2019 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2019 AS5 |
Minor planet category | NEO · Apollo [1] |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 5 | |
Observation arc | 1 day |
Aphelion | 1.8769 AU |
Perihelion | 0.8188 AU |
Semi-major axis | 1.3478 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.3925 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 1.56 yr (571.547 d) |
Mean anomaly | 98.81126° |
Mean motion | 0° 37m 47.528s / day |
Inclination | 0.7012968° |
Longitude of ascending node | 106.7463° |
Argument of perihelion | 294.359° |
Earth MOID | 0.000140 AU (0.054 LD) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 32.243[1] |
As of July 2019[update], it is the closest approach of a non-impacting asteroid in 2019.[3] 2019 MO impacted Earth on 22 June 2019.
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