(143649) 2003 QQ47

Asteroid March 2020 yes #FFC2E0 (143649) 2003 QQ 47 LINEAR Lincoln Lab's ETS 24 August 2003 NEO PHA APO 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) 4285 days (11.73 yr) 0 1.08538 AU Gm on 0.882430 AU Gm on 1.28834 AU Gm on on 0.18699 1.13 yr (413.02 d) 62.1021° 0.997990° 104.999° 0.871624 ms / day 264.755° 28.34 km/s 0.00253637 AU km on S/2021 (143649) 1 0.995 0.42 km (system) 0.94 0.40 km (primary) 0.31 0.13 km (secondary) 2.0e12 kg 2.6446 0.0007 h 17.4 (143649) 2003 QQ 47 is a kilometer-sized asteroid and synchronous binary system, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It became briefly notable upon its discovery in late August 2003, when media outlets played up a very preliminary report that it had a 1 in 250,000 chance of impacting into Earth on 21 March 2014. The discovery of a companion, approximately 310 m ft us 2 in diameter, was announced in September 2021. Description 2003 QQ 47 was discovered on 24 August 2003. It was added to the Sentry Risk Table on 30 August 2003. By 31 August 2003 (with an observation arc of 7 days) the odds of an impact on 21 March 2014 were already reduced to 1 in 1.7 million. The asteroid was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 14 September 2003, indicating there is no risk of an impact by it in the next 100 years. 2003 QQ 47 safely passed within 0.1283 AU km mi on on of Earth on 26 March 2014. With an observation arc of 10 years and an orbital uncertainty of 0, its orbit and future close approaches are well-determined. Preliminary reports On 3 September 2003 a NASA press release wrote, Newly discovered asteroid 2003 QQ 47 has received considerable media attention over the last few days because it had a small chance of colliding with the Earth in the year 2014 and was rated a "1" on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which goes from 0 to 10. The odds of collision in 2014, as estimated by JPL's Sentry impact monitoring system, peaked at 1 chance in 250,000, a result which was posted on our Impact Risk Page on Saturday, August 30, 2003. Impact events at the Torino Scale 1 level certainly merit careful monitoring by astronomers, but these events do not warrant public concern. In fact, each year several newly discovered asteroids reach Torino Scale 1 for a brief period after discovery; 2003 QQ 47 is the fourth such case this year. On September 2, 2003, new measurements of 2003 QQ 47's position allowed us to narrow our prediction of its path in 2014, and thus we could rule out any Earth impact possibilities for 2014. 2003 QQ 47 has a diameter of approximately 1.24 km, and a mass of approximately 2.0e12 kgMarch 2020 "Originally read 2.6, but a diam of 1.24 at an assumed density of 2 (asteroid average) is 2.0" comment is awfully OR-ish.. If it were to hit the Earth, it would be a major event, with an energy of approximately 350,000 megatons of TNT (1.5 ZJ), enough to cause global damage. Sara Russell, a meteorite researcher at London's Natural History Museum, told the BBC on 2 September 2003 that she was not worried that 2003 QQ 47 would be a danger; "The odds are very, very low ... We have to keep some kind of perspective", she said. As a result of the press coverage of asteroids such as 2003 QQ 47, astronomers are now planning to re-word the Torino scale, or to phase it out completely in favour of a scale that is less likely to generate false alarms that may reduce public confidence in genuine alerts. Binary system A minor-planet moon orbiting (143649) 2003 QQ 47 was first detected on 29 August 2021, by Petr Pravec, Peter Kušnirák, Kamil Hornoch, and others using photometric data from ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. The discovery was announced on 17 September 2021. The secondary measures a third the size of its primary (Ds/Dp-ratio of 0.33), resulting in a mean-diameter of approximately 310 meters. It is estimated to be tidally locked, orbiting 1.4 km ft us from the primary every 13.065 hours. The primary has a rotation period of 2.6446 0.0007 hours and a derived diameter of 0.94 0.40 kilometers, for a resulting effective diameter (system) of 0.995 0.42 kilometers. In fiction The asteroid was mentioned in Anonymous Rex (Les Reptilians) (2004) as the asteroid which the dinosaurs were counting on to destroy human civilization. The Korean drama My Love from the Star also mentions it as the asteroid that will allow Do Min-joon to travel back to his home planet. References MPEC 2003-Q46 : 2003 QQ47 IAU Minor Planet Center 2003-08-27 https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K03/K03Q46.html 2014-02-12 (K03Q47Q) 3 September 2003 Asteroid 2003 QQ47's Potential Earth Impact in 2014 Ruled Out NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news138.html https://web.archive.org/web/20030906072157/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news138.html dead 6 September 2003 2011-11-06 2003-09-01 (computed on 31 August 2003) Earth Impact Risk Summary: 2003 QQ47 (Aug 31 arc=7 days) Wayback Machine: JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2003qq47.html https://web.archive.org/web/20030901064133/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2003qq47.html 2003-09-01 2013-02-03 dead (5.7e-07 = 1 in 1,754,000 chance) 2003-09-02 Asteroid danger in 2014 downplayed BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3200019.stm 2011-11-06 Date/Time Removed NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/removed.html 2011-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110426000059/http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/removed.html 26 April 2011 dead 2006-04-27 last obs JPL Close-Approach Data: 143649 (2003 QQ47) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003QQ47;cad=1#cad 7 April 2016 NEODyS-2 Close Approaches for 2003QQ47 Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys/index.php?pc=1.1.8&n=2003QQ47 2011-11-06 Asteroids with Satellites Database – (143649) 2003 QQ47 Johnston's Archive 25 September 2021 Johnston Wm. Robert http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-143649.html 1 October 2021 External links No, Asteroid 2003 QQ47 is NOT Going to Hit the Earth Next Week (Phil Plait 15 March 2014) 143649 143649 2003QQ47 143649 143649 (143649) 2003 QQ 47 143649 143649 143649 143649 143649 20030824