(277810) 2006 FV35

Near-Earth asteroid October 2019 yes (277810) 2006 FV 35 #FFC2E0 Spacewatch Kitt Peak National Obs. 29 March 2006 (277810) 2006 FV 35 ApolloNEO 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) 1 30.00 yr (10 959 days) 1.3794 AU 0.6235 AU 1.0014 AU 0.3774 1.002 yr (366.04 days) 76.6882° 0.9835 ms / day 7.1049° 179.46° 170.77° 0.1047 AU40.8 LD 130–300 m2989 21.7221.915 (277810) 2006 FV 35 is a sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroid in the dynamical Apollo asteroid group, discovered by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, on 29 March 2006. It is a quasi-satellite of Earth. It is also notable for having a low delta-v requirement for rendezvous. Although its orbital period is almost exactly 1 year, the orbit of 2006 FV 35 has a high eccentricity which causes it to cross the path of Venus. Discovery 2006 FV 35 was discovered on 29 March 2006 by astronomer J. V. Scotti using the Spacewatch 0.9 meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Scotti was working as a part of the Spacewatch survey project, and the asteroid's discovery was announced by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) in a Minor Planets Electronic Circular on 31 March. It was given the number (277810) by the MPC on 17 May 2011. As of November 2025, it remains unnamed; 2006 FV 35 is its provisional designation. Orbit thumb|left|An orbital diagram of 2006 FV 35, with the ecliptic grid and the orbits of the inner planets shown. 2006 FV 35 orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of 1.001 astronomical units (AU), taking 366.04 days—almost exactly one year—to complete one orbit. It is classified as a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) and an Apollo asteroid; Apollo asteroids cross Earth's orbit and have semi-major axes above 1 AU. It has a low orbital inclination of 7.1° from the ecliptic plane and a high orbital eccentricity of 0.377, intersecting the orbit of Venus. Due to its high eccentricity, its distance to the Sun varies from 0.62 AU at perihelion to 1.38 AU at aphelion.491 2006 FV 35 is a quasi-satellite of Earth, participating in a 1:1 mean-motion resonance with the planet.488–489 Quasi-satellites have principal libration angles Where and are the mean longitudes of 2006 FV 35 and Earth, respectively that librate around 0°,488 appearing to distantly orbit Earth from its perspective despite never entering its Hill sphere. Currently, 2006 FV 35's principal resonant angle librates with an amplitude of 25° and a period of about 200 years. Its quasi-satellite loop is relatively wide, remaining about 0.64 AU distant from Earth.491 All of Earth's known quasi-satellites are temporary, and their orbits will eventually evolve into other NEA dynamical configurations in the future. 2006 FV 35 has been a quasi-satellite for about 10,000 years, and will remain one for 800 more years before a close encounter with Venus (within 0.05 AU) perturbs it from that state. Thereafter, it will likely remain an Earth co-orbital, transitioning between horseshoe, tadpole, and passing configurations.492 Physical properties 2006 FV 35's physical properties are poorly known. Using its absolute magnitude of 21.7, it has a calculated diameter of 130 - 300 m ft for an assumed albedo of 0.20–0.04.2989An assumed albedo of 0.20 corresponds to an S-type asteroid while an assumed albedo of 0.04 corresponds to a C-type asteroid. Accessibility With a semi-major axis of almost exactly 1 AU, 2006 FV 35 has a relatively low transfer energy from Earth. The delta-v required to transfer to the asteroid varies between 11 and 13 km/s; this change in delta-v oscillates over an approximately 200-year period with the current transfer cost near its maximum of 13 km/s. See also 164207 Cardea, another quasi-satellite of Earth Notes References 2017-03-25 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 277810 (2006 FV35) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2277810 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 20 January 2018 277810 (2006 FV35) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=277810 20 January 2018 MPEC 2006-F58 : 2006 FV35 https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K06/K06F58.html Minor Planet Center Staff Minor Planet Electronic Circular Minor Planet Center 2006MPEC....F...58G 2006-F58 31 March 2025 1 November 2025 live M.P.C. 75033 https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2011/MPC_20110517.pdf Minor Planet Circulars Minor Planet Center 17 May 2011 75033 265 1 November 2025 live NEO Groups NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/neo/groups.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020202160655/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/neo/groups.html dead 2002-02-02 2012-06-04 EARN: 2006 FV35 http://earn.dlr.de/nea/K06F35V.htm Gerhard Hahn https://web.archive.org/web/20061003035042/http://earn.dlr.de/nea/K06F35V.htm 2006-10-03 dead 2009-04-19 2010Icar..209..488W Dynamical evolution of Earth's quasi-satellites: 2004 GU9 and 2006 FV35 Wajer P. 2010 Icarus 209 2 488–493 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.012 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00676219/file/PEER_stage2_10.1016%252Fj.icarus.2010.05.012.pdf Delta-v requirements for earth co-orbital rendezvous missions Stacey R. 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