(415029) 2011 UL21

(415029) 2011 UL21
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Catalina Sky Srvy.
Discovery site Catalina Stn.
Discovery date 17 October 2011
Designations
MPC designation (415029) 2011 UL21
2011 UL21
Apollo · NEO · PHA [2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 9379 days (25.68 yr)
Aphelion 3.5091 AU (524.95 Gm)
Perihelion 0.73606 AU (110.113 Gm)
2.1226 AU (317.54 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.65323
3.09 yr (1129.5 d)
110.19°
0° 19m 7.392s / day
Inclination 34.845°
275.60°
284.74°
Earth MOID 0.0185982 AU (2.78225 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
 2.5 km[3]
Mass 2.1×1013 kg (assumed)[3]
15.8[2]

    (415029) 2011 UL21, provisional designation 2011 UL21, is an Apollo class potentially hazardous asteroid discovered on October 17, 2011 by the Catalina Sky Survey project.[1] The asteroid is estimated to have a diameter of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi). It was rated at Torino Scale 1 on October 27, 2011 with an observation arc of 9.6 days.[4]

    Description

    2011 UL21 briefly had about a 1 in a million chance of impacting in 2029.[5] Its cumulative impact probability dropped to 1 in 71 million by 2 November 2011 when the observation arc reached 15 days. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 4 November 2011 when all impact scenarios for the next 100 years or more were ruled out.[6] During 2029, the closest approach to Earth is 1.6 AU. Palomar Observatory precovery images from 1989 and 1990 have extended the observation arc to 22 years.[7] Its next notable close approach to the Earth will be on June 27, 2024 at a distance of 0.044 AU (6,600,000 km; 4,100,000 mi).[8]

    With an absolute magnitude of 15.8,[2] it is one the brightest and therefor largest potentially hazardous asteroids (PHA) detected since (242450) 2004 QY2.[9] The next largest PHA (based on absolute magnitude) discovered in 2011 is 2011 WO41 with an absolute magnitude of 16.8.[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 "MPEC 2011-U39 : 2011 UL21". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2011-10-28. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2011 UL21)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 8 April 2016. 2012-04-18 last obs (arc=22 years)
    3. 1 2 "Earth Impact Risk Summary: 2011 UL21". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Retrieved November 1, 2011. (Wayback Machine)
    4. ↑ "Observations of small Solar-System bodies". hohmanntransfer. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2013-09-04. (1.5e-06 = 1 in 667,000 chance)
    5. ↑ David Morrison (October 26, 2011). "Should we be concerned about 2011 UL21". NASA Ask An Astrobiologist. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
    6. ↑ "Date/Time Removed". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
    7. ↑ "2011 UL21 Orbit". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2012-05-17. 2012 04 18 (arc=22 years)
    8. ↑ "JPL Close-Approach Data: (2011 UL21)". Retrieved 2012-05-17. 2012-04-18 last obs (arc=22 years)
    9. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: PHAs and H < 17 (mag)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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