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(5604) 1992 FE

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Discovery date
  
26 March 1992

Observation arc
  
11303 days (30.95 yr)

Absolute magnitude
  
17.1

Discoverer
  
Robert H. McNaught

Asteroid group
  
Aten asteroid

Minor planet category
  
Aten NEO, PHA

Discovered
  
26 March 1992

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Siding Spring Observatory

Discovered by
  
Robert H. McNaught Siding Spring (413)

Aphelion
  
1.3058 AU (195.34 Gm) (Q)

Perihelion
  
0.55165 AU (82.526 Gm) (q)

Similar
  
Sun, Solar System, 3362 Khufu, 4183 Cuno, 2100 Ra‑Shalom

(5604) 1992 FE is an Aten-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by Robert H. McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory in Canberra, Australia, on March 26, 1992. The asteroid is 550 meters (1,800 ft) in diameter.

The asteroid has a Venus minimum orbit intersection distance (Venus–MOID) of 0.0059 AU (880,000 km; 550,000 mi). On April 7, 2015 the asteroid passed 0.00717 AU (1,073,000 km; 666,000 mi) from Venus.

References

(5604) 1992 FE Wikipedia