Discovered by LINEAR MPC designation 2003 BR47 Discovered 31 January 2003 | Discovery date January 31, 2003 Observation arc 939 days (2.57 yr) Absolute magnitude 21.4 | |
Aphelion 2.4425608 AU (365.40189 Gm) Discoverer Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research | ||
2003 BR47, also written 2003 BR47, is an Apollo asteroid but also an Earth crosser and a Mars crosser. It was discovered on January 31, 2003 by the LINEAR program. As of March 19, 2013 its orbit is based on 170 observations spanning a data-arc of 939 days. It is included in the Minor Planet Center list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) as it comes to within 0.05 AU of Earth periodically.
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