2020 UA is a tiny near-Earth asteroid around 5–12 metres (16–39 ft) across that passed within 46,100 km (28,600 mi) of Earth on 21 October 2020 at 02:00 UT.[5]
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Discovered by | Mount Lemmon Survey |
Discovery site | Mt. Lemmon Obs. |
Discovery date | 16 October 2020 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2020 UA |
Alternative designations | C3K1WP2 [3][4] |
Minor planet category | NEO · Aten [5] |
Orbital characteristics [5] | |
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 4 | |
Observation arc | 4 days |
Aphelion | 1.206 AU |
Perihelion | 0.7537 AU |
Semi-major axis | 0.980 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.23093 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 0.97 yr |
Mean anomaly | 133.866° |
Mean motion | 1° 0m 57.005s / day |
Inclination | 2.762° |
Longitude of ascending node | 27.909° |
Time of perihelion | 20 January 2020 05:17 UT [5] |
Argument of perihelion | 27.909° |
Earth MOID | 0.000204 AU (30,500 km) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 5–12 m (assumed albedo 0.05–0.25)[6] |
Apparent magnitude | 20.8 (at discovery)[1] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 28.39±0.38[5] 28.43[2] |
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