The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR4

The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR4

We describe observations and physical characteristics of Earth-crossing asteroid 2024 YR _4 , discovered on 2024 December 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. The asteroid has semimajor axis a = 2.52 au, eccentricity e = 0.66, inclination i = 3 $\mathop{.}\limits^{\unicode{x000b0...

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Main Authors: Bryce T. Bolin, Josef Hanuš, Larry Denneau, Roberto Bonamico, Laura-May Abron, Marco Delbo, Josef Ďurech, Robert Jedicke, Leo Y. Alcorn, Aleksandar Cikota, Swayamtrupta Panda, Henrique Reggiani
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Apollo group
Near-Earth objects
Asteroid rotation
Asteroid surfaces
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adc910
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