Back (163249) 2002 GT Arabic (163249) 2002 GT (كويكب) ARZ (163249) 2002 GT French (163249) 2002 GT ID (163249) 2002 GT Japanese (163249) 2002 GT MIN (163249) 2002 GT Polish (163249) 2002 GT Portuguese (163249) 2002 GT Sundanese (163249) 2002 GT Ukrainian
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak National Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 April 2002 |
| Designations | |
| (163249) 2002 GT | |
| NEO · PHA · Apollo[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 5114 days (14.00 yr) |
| Aphelion | 1.7945 AU (268.45 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.89422 AU (133.773 Gm) |
| 1.3444 AU (201.12 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.33483 |
| 1.56 yr (569.33 d) | |
| 196.65° | |
| 0° 37m 56.352s / day (n) | |
| Inclination | 6.9681° |
| 201.76° | |
| 135.09° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0161099 AU (2.41001 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 350-500 m[2] | |
| 3.7663 h (0.15693 d) | |
| 18.4[1] | |
(163249) 2002 GT is an Apollo asteroid with an absolute magnitude of 18.26.[1] It is a potentially hazardous asteroid as its orbit crosses that of Earth.[3]
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 163249 (2002 GT)". 4 March 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ 45th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences, October 2013, page 6
- ^ Stephen Clark, "Deep Impact sets path for asteroid encounter in 2020". Spaceflight Now. 18 December 2011.