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Discovered by
  
LINEAR (704)

MPC designation
  
(357439) 2004 BL86

Observation arc
  
4084 days (11.18 yr)

Discovered
  
30 January 2004

Argument of perihelion
  
311.44162°

Asteroid group
  
Discovery date
  
30 January 2004

Minor planet category
  
Apollo NEO,PHA

Aphelion
  
2.1069 AU (315.19 Gm)

Inclination
  
23.77604°

Spectral type
  
V-type asteroid

(357439) 2004 BL86 Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 357439 2004 BL86 very close

Similar
  
(137108) 1999 AN10, 2015 TB145, 2014 YB35, 367943 Duende, 1566 Icarus

(357439) 2004 BL86, provisionally known as 2004 BL86, is a near-Earth asteroid estimated to be about 325 meters (1,066 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 30 January 2004 by LINEAR. It passed 1,199,600 km (745,400 mi), or 3.1 lunar distances, from Earth on 26 January 2015 at 16:20 UTC. During the 2015 approach it was determined to have a satellite.

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(357439) 2004 BL86 Close Approach Of Asteroid 357439 2004 BL86

2015 Earth approach

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On 26–27 January 2015, the asteroid briefly peaked around apparent magnitude 9 and was near the celestial equator. The asteroid was visible in telescopes with objectives of 100 mm (4 in) or larger; high-end binoculars under a dark sky may also have worked. Near closest approach the asteroid was moving about 2.5 degrees per hour (2.5 arcseconds per second). The asteroid came to opposition (furthest elongation in the sky from the Sun) on 27 January 2015 at 04:37 UTC. Around 5:00 UTC, the asteroid was near M44 (the Beehive Cluster).

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26 January 2015 approach of 3.1 lunar distances was the closest approach of 2004 BL86 for at least the next 200 years. For comparison, 2015 TB145 about twice the size of 2004 BL86, passed 486,800 km (302,500 mi), or 1.3 lunar distances, from Earth on 31 October 2015.

Satellite

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A satellite was first detected by ground-based telescopes by Joe Pollock and Petr Pravec. Observations by the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex and Green Bank Telescope confirmed that it is a binary asteroid with a secondary roughly 70 meters (230 feet) across. The secondary is estimated to orbit at least 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the primary. About 16% of asteroids over 200 metres (660 ft) in diameter are thought to be binaries.

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(357439) 2004 BL86 Asteroid 2004 BL86 Close Encounter with Earth 26 Jan 2015 YouTube

References

(357439) 2004 BL86 Wikipedia