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| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak National Obs. |
| Discovery date | 29 March 2006 |
| Designations | |
| (277810) 2006 FV35 | |
| 2006 FV35 | |
| Minor planet category | Apollo · NEO[2] |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 1 | |
| Observation arc | 21.98 yr (8,029 days) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 1.3794 AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 0.6233 AU |
| 1.0013 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3775 |
| Orbital period | 1.00 yr (366 days) |
| Mean anomaly | 5.8541° |
| Mean motion | 0° 59m 0.96s / day |
| Inclination | 7.1041° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 179.51° |
| 170.85° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.1047 AU · 40.8 LD |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean diameter | 140–320 m[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 21.8[2] · 21.915[4] |
(277810) 2006 FV35, provisional designation 2006 FV35, is a sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroid in the dynamical Apollo asteroid group, discovered by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, on 29 March 2006.[1] It is a quasi-satellite of Earth.[5] It is also notable for having a low delta-v requirement for rendezvous.[4] Although its orbital period is almost exactly 1 year, the orbit of 2006 FV35 has a high eccentricity which causes it to cross the paths of both Venus and Mars.
With a semi-major axis of almost exactly 1 astronomical unit, 2006 FV35 has a relatively low transfer energy from Earth. The delta-v required to transfer to the asteroid varies between 11 and 13 km/s; this change in delta-v oscillates over an approximately 200-year period with the current transfer cost near its maximum of 13 km/s.[4]