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(242450) 2004 QY2

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Discovery date
  
20 August 2004

Minor planet category
  
Apollo, NEO,PHA

Discovered
  
20 August 2004

Discovery site
  
Siding Spring Observatory

Discoverer
  
MPC designation
  
(242450) 2004 QY2

Observation arc
  
4242 days (11.61 yr)

Absolute magnitude
  
14.7

Asteroid group
  
Apollo asteroid

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(144908) 2004 YH32

Discovered by
  
Siding Spring Survey (E12)0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt

Aphelion
  
1.6013 AU (239.55 Gm) (Q)

(242450) 2004 QY2 is a large Apollo near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object. It has a well determined orbit with an observation arc of 7 years and an uncertainty parameter of 0. It was discovered on 20 August 2004 by the Siding Spring Survey at an apparent magnitude of 16.5 using the 0.5-metre (20 in) Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope.

Based on an absolute magnitude of 15, the asteroid has an estimated diameter of 3.5 to 7.7 km. 2004 QY2 is one of the largest potentially hazardous asteroids (PHA) discovered. As of 2013 it has the brightest absolute magnitude of any PHA since its discovery. On 29 July 2012 it passed Earth at a distance of 0.4314 AU (64,540,000 km; 40,100,000 mi).

Given the estimated size of roughly 5 km, 2004 QY2 is one of the largest objects to appear on the Sentry Risk Table. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 25 August 2004.

References

(242450) 2004 QY2 Wikipedia


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