Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | R. H. McNaught |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
Discovery date | 20 September 1990 |
Designations | |
(5645) 1990 SP | |
1990 SP | |
Apollo · NEO[2] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 40.89 yr (14,935 days) |
Aphelion | 1.8798 AU |
Perihelion | 0.8302 AU |
1.3550 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.3873 |
1.58 yr (576 days) | |
339.42° | |
0° 37m 29.64s / day | |
Inclination | 13.507° |
45.762° | |
48.178° | |
Earth MOID | 0.0537 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 1.648 km[3] 1.65 km (taken)[4] 1.668±0.018 km[5][6] 1.849±0.334 km[7] 2.20±0.74 km[8] |
30.39±0.04 h[9] | |
0.06±0.08[10] 0.062±0.079[8] 0.068±0.032[7] 0.0827[3] 0.121±0.022[5][6] | |
P[10] · CXT[11] · S[4] | |
16.75±0.2 (R)[9] · 16.8[5] · 17.1[1] · 17.20±0.3[7] · 17.24±0.206[3][4] | |
(5645) 1990 SP is an eccentric and tumbling asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 1.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 September 1990, by Scottish–Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory in Canberra, Australia.[2] Scientists have said that it has a '1 in 364 billion chance' of colliding with the Earth.
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