2012 TV

2012 TV is a near-Earth Apollo asteroid with an estimated diameter of 50 metres (160 ft).[3] Its closest approach to the Earth was on October 7, 2012 with a distance of 0.0017 astronomical units (250,000 km; 160,000 mi).[2] It also approached the Moon an hour earlier with a distance of 0.0028 astronomical units (420,000 km; 260,000 mi)[2]

2012 TV
Discovery[1]
Discovered byTenagra II Observatory
Discovery siteNogales, Arizona
Discovery dateOctober 5, 2012
Designations
2012 TV
MPO 240124
Apollo
NEO
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 5[1]
Observation arc2[1] d
Aphelion2.36108 AU (353.213 Gm)
Perihelion0.64359 AU (96.280 Gm)
1.50233 AU (224.745 Gm)
Eccentricity0.57161
1.84 yr (672.587 d)
1.84 yr
211.68°
0° 32m 6.72s /day[1]
Inclination5.54234°
193.553°
269.86°
Earth MOID0.00185 AU (277,000 km)[2]
Mercury MOID0.34112 AU (51,031,000 km)[1]
Jupiter MOID2.83676 AU (424.373 Gm)[1]
Physical characteristics
0.0525 hr[2]
25.2[2]

    See also

    References
    1. "2012 TV". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
    2. "(2012 TV)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3609661. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
    3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026093729/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012tv.html


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