Short description: Near-Earth asteroid in 2012/2022
2012 TV
Discovery[1]
Discovered by
Tenagra II Observatory
Discovery site
Nogales, Arizona
Discovery date
October 5, 2012
Designations
MPC designation
2012 TV
Alternative designations
MPO 240124
Minor planet category
Apollo NEO risk listed[2]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 2022-Jan-21 (JD 2459600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 7
Observation arc
1.8 days[2]
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2.361 astronomical unit|AU (353.2 Gm)
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0.6439 AU (96.33 Gm)
Semi-major axis
1.502 AU (224.7 Gm)
Eccentricity
0.5714
Orbital period
1.84 yr (672.7 d)
Mean anomaly
348°
Mean motion
0° 32m 6.72s /day[1]
Inclination
5.54°
Longitude of ascending node
193.4°
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2022-Feb-12.6 ± 1.5 days
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270.0°
Earth MOID
0.002 AU (300,000 km)[3]
Mercury MOID
0.34112 AU (51,031,000 km)[1]
Jupiter MOID
2.83676 AU (424.373 Gm)[1]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
24–54 meters
Sidereal rotation period
0.0525 hr[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)
25.2[3]
2012 TV is a near-Earth Apollo asteroid with an estimated diameter of 30 metres (98 ft).[2] 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).[3] It also approached the Moon an hour earlier with a distance of 0.0028 astronomical units (420,000 km; 260,000 mi).[3] With a short observation arc of 1.8 days, the asteroid is listed on the Sentry Risk Table and has a 1:500,000 chance of impacting Earth on April 2, 2081.[2]
As it will come to perihelion in mid-February 2022, it will be approaching Earth from the direction of the Sun. The closest approach possible during April 2022 is 0.66 LD (250,000 km), but it is expected to pass millions of kilometers from Earth.[3]
2022 close approach[3]
Date
JPL SBDB nominal geocentric distance
uncertainty region (3-sigma)
2022-04-05.2 ± 4.3 days
7.4 million km
± 11.6 million km[4]
See also
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2022
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2012
2012 TC4
2012 EG5
References
↑ 1.01.11.21.3"2012 TV". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=✓&object_id=2012+TV. Retrieved 20 August 2017.