(52760) 1998 ML14
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Template:Mp (provisional designation Template:Mp) is a stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group and potentially hazardous asteroid, approximately 1 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered on 24 June 1998, by the LINEAR survey at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico.<ref name="MPC-object" />
Description
Template:Mp orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9–3.9 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,366 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.62 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic.<ref name="jpldata" /> It is also a Mars-crossing asteroid.
Shortly after its discovery, Template:Mp was imaged by radar at Goldstone and Arecibo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The study showed that the asteroid has a rotation period of 15 hours, and a shape that is roughly spherical, with some steep protrusions and large craters.<ref name="Hicks-1998a" /><ref name="Hicks-1998b" /><ref name="Warner-2014e" />
On 24 August 2013 it passed at a distance of 21.9 Lunar distances.<ref name="jpldata" /> It was hoped to be observed by Goldstone radar.<ref>Goldstone radar</ref>
Numbering and naming
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 16 February 2003.<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" /> As of 2018, it has not been named.<ref name="MPC-object" />
References
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Template:Webarchive)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
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- Template:ESA-SSA
- Template:JPL small body
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