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(214869) 2007 PA8

Goldstone radar image of 2007 PA8 during its 2012 close approach

Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date9 August 2007
Designations

MPC designation

(214869) 2007 PA8

Alternative designations

2007 PA8

Minor planet category

Apollo · NEO · PHA[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc10.83 yr (3,957 days)
Aphelion4.6931 AU
Perihelion0.9571 AU

Semi-major axis

2.8251 AU
Eccentricity0.6612

Orbital period (sidereal)

4.75 yr (1,734 days)

Mean anomaly

1.4149°

Mean motion

0° 12m 27.36s / day
Inclination1.9841°

Longitude of ascending node

142.63°

Argument of perihelion

292.33°
Earth MOID0.0246 AU (9.6 LD)
Jupiter MOID0.6318 AU
Physical characteristics

Mean diameter

1.35±0.07km[3]
1.38 km (calculated)[4]
1.4±0.2km[5]

Synodic rotation period

85±12 h[4]
95±5h[6]
101.209 h[1]
101.325±1.2659h[7]
102.24±0.48h[3]

Geometric albedo

0.20 (assumed)[4]
0.29±0.08[5]
0.29±0.14[3]

Spectral type

C[6] · Q[5] · S[4]
B–V = 0.765±0.022[4]
V–R = 0.415±0.011[4]
V–I = 0.741±0.015[4]

Absolute magnitude (H)

16.2[5] · 16.216±0.002 (R)[7] · 16.30±0.52[3] · 16.4[1] · 16.47[6] · 16.67[4]

(214869) 2007 PA8 is an asteroid and slow rotator, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.4 kilometers in diameter.

It came within 6.5 million km (4 million miles, 17 lunar distances) of Earth on 5 November 2012.[8][9]

It was discovered on 9 August 2007, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team (LINEAR) at the U.S. Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico.[2]

It was studied by the 70-meter (230 ft) Goldstone Deep Space Network antenna as it came near Earth, which resulted in radar images and other data about the asteroid, such as its very long rotation period of approximately 100 hours.[9]

2007 PA8 may be a dormant comet related to the November γ Pegasids meteor shower.[10]

Numbering and naming[edit]

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 9 May 2009.[11] As of 2018, it has not been named.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 214869 (2007 PA8)" (2013-05-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  • ^ a b c "214869 (2007 PA8)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • ^ a b c d Brozovic, Marina; Benner, Lance A. M.; Magri, Christopher; Scheeres, Daniel J.; Busch, Michael W.; Giorgini, Jon D.; et al. (April 2017). "Goldstone radar evidence for short-axis mode non-principal-axis rotation of near-Earth asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8". Icarus. 286: 314–329. Bibcode:2017Icar..286..314B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.10.016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h "LCDB Data for (214869)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • ^ a b c d Fornasier, S.; Belskaya, I. N.; Perna, D. (April 2015). "The potentially hazardous Asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: An unweathered L chondrite analog surface". Icarus. 250: 280–286. Bibcode:2015Icar..250..280F. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • ^ a b c Hicks, M.; Brewer, M.; Somers, J. (December 2012). "Broadband Photometry of 214869 (2007 PA8): A Slowly Rotating Potentially Hazardous Asteroid". The Astronomer's Telegram (4625). Bibcode:2012ATel.4625....1H. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • ^ a b Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • ^ Major, Jason (6 November 2012). "Say Hello to Asteroid 2007 PA8". Universe Today. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  • ^ a b (214869) 2007 PA8 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning
  • ^ Rudawska, Regina; Jenniskens, Peter (2014). "New meteor showers identified in the CAMS and SonotaCo meteoroid orbit surveys". Proceedings of the Meteoroids 2013 Conference Aug. 26-30, 2013, A.M. University, Poznan, Poland: 217. arXiv:1405.1769. Bibcode:2014me13.conf..217R.
  • ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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