| Discovery date 11 May 2004 Observation arc 4035 days (11.05 yr) Inclination 18.946° Mean anomaly 227.457° Asteroid group Apohele asteroid | Alternative names none Discovered 11 May 2004 Argument of perihelion 352.98° Discoverer Brian A. Skiff | |
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| Discovered by Brian A. Skiff / LONEOS Minor planet category Aten, Apohele Mercury-crosser Venus-crosser Aphelion 0.97260 AU (145.499 Gm) Similar 163693 Atira, Solar System, 2062 Aten, (33342) 1998 WT24, 2100 Ra‑Shalom | ||
(434326) 2004 JG6 (also written 2004 JG6) is one of the closest orbiting objects to the Sun.
It is the second known Apohele asteroid (the first being 163693 Atira), which means its entire orbit lies within that of the Earth. Its orbital period is less than that of Venus, making it one of the closest known objects to the Sun, after Mercury. 2004 JG6 has an eccentric orbit that crosses the orbits of both Mercury and Venus.
It was discovered by Brian A. Skiff of the LONEOS project.
References
(434326) 2004 JG6 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA