(163243) 2002 FB3

Asteroid April 2018 yes (163243) 2002 FB 3 #FFC2E0 LINEAR Lincoln Lab's ETS 18 March 2002 (163243) 2002 FB 3 AtenNEOPHA 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) 0 16.07 yr (5,869 d) 1.2198 AU 0.3033 AU 0.7616 AU 0.6017 243 days 150.26° 1.4830 ms / day 20.278° 203.60° 148.31° 0.0034 AU (1.3246 LD) 1.49 km (calculated)1.552 0.013 km1.663 0.285 km1.682 0.013 km 6.231 0.001 h 0.1426 0.14780.172 0.0410.202 0.0460.20 (assumed) Q 16.416.50 (163243) 2002 FB 3 is a stony asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Athen group, approximately 1.6 km mi off 1 us in diameter. It was discovered on 18 March 2002, by astronomers with the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The Q-type asteroid has a rotation period of 6.2 hours. Orbit and classification 2002 FB 3 is a member of the Athen group of asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.3–1.2 AU once every 8 months (243 days; semi-major axis of 0.76 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.60 and an inclination of 20° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Socorro. Close approaches The asteroid has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0034 AU km mi on off 3, which corresponds to 1.3 lunar distances and makes it a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its sufficiently large size. Physical characteristics 2003 QO 104 has been characterized as an uncommon Q-type asteroid, that fall into the larger stony S-complex. Rotation period In March 2016, a rotational lightcurve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 6.231 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.19 magnitude (U=2). Diameter and albedo According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, measures between 1.552 and 1.682 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1426 and 0.202. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a stony standard albedo of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 1.49 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 16.5. Naming This minor planet was numbered by the MPC on 26 September 2007 (M.P.C. 60678). As of 2018, it has not been named. References 30em 2018-04-12 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 163243 (2002 FB3) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2163243 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 20 April 2018 163243 (2002 FB3) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=163243 20 April 2018 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 20 April 2018 6 A. Mainzer T. Grav J. Bauer J. Masiero R. S. McMillan R. M. Cutri R. Walker E. Wright P. Eisenhardt D. J. Tholen T. Spahr R. Jedicke L. Denneau E. DeBaun D. Elsbury T. Gautier S. Gomillion E. Hand W. Mo J. Watkins A. Wilkins G. L. Bryngelson A. Del Pino Molina S. Desai M. Gómez Camus S. L. Hidalgo I. Konstantopoulos J. A. Larsen C. Maleszewski M. A. Malkan J.-C. Mauduit B. L. Mullan E. W. Olszewski J. Pforr A. Saro J. V. Scotti L. H. Wasserman December 2011 NEOWISE Observations of Near-Earth Objects: Preliminary Results The Astrophysical Journal 743 2 17 2011ApJ...743..156M 10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/156 1109.6400 239991 163243 20 April 2018 6 Joseph R. Masiero C. Nugent A. K. Mainzer E. L. Wright J. M. Bauer R. M. Cutri T. Grav E. Kramer S. Sonnett October 2017 NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year Three: Asteroid Diameters and Albedos The Astronomical Journal 154 4 10 2017AJ....154..168M 10.3847/1538-3881/aa89ec 1708.09504 45334910 free 6 A. Mainzer T. Grav J. Masiero E. Hand J. Bauer D. Tholen R. S. McMillan T. Spahr R. M. Cutri E. Wright J. Watkins W. Mo C. Maleszewski November 2011 NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results The Astrophysical Journal 741 2 25 2011ApJ...741...90M 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90 1109.6407 118700974 6 Filipe Monteiro Jose Sergio Silva Daniela Lazzaro Plicida Arcoverde Hissa Medeiros Roberto Souza Tersinha Rodriggues January 2017 Lightcurve Analysis for Ten Near-Earth Asteroids The Minor Planet Bulletin 44 1 20–22 1052-8091 2017MPBu...44...20M Cristina A. Thomas Joshua P. Emery David E. Trilling Marco Delbó Joseph L. Hora Michael Mueller January 2014 Physical characterization of Warm Spitzer-observed near-Earth objects Icarus 228 217–246 2014Icar..228..217T 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.10.004 1310.2000 119278697 External links List Of Aten Minor Planets (by designation), Minor Planet Center List of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs), Minor Planet Center PHA Close Approaches To The Earth, Minor Planet Center Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info https://web.archive.org/web/20171216050541/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html 16 December 2017 ) 163243 163243 2002FB3 2163243 163243 (163243) 2002 FB 3 163243 163243 163243 20020318