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2008 TS26
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Near-Earth asteroid
Yes 2008 TS 26 MPEC_2008-T119 Andrea Boattini Mount Lemmon Obs. 9 October 2008 2008 TS 26 NEOApollo jpl 9 October 2008 (JD 2454748.5) 0.828 AU 3.016 AU 1.922 AU 973.45 days (2.67 years) 0.56913 0.819° 16.426° 301.63° 14.885° 0.36982 ms / day ast-near 0.61 - 1.36 m ft 33.2
2008 TS26 is a small near-Earth Apollo asteroid that made a very close approach to Earth at a distance of 12630 km mi on 9 October 2008.ast-near Bolin_2014 It has a mean diameter between 61 centimeters and 1.36 meters, making it one of the smallest known asteroids in the Solar System.
See also
List of Solar System objects by size
References
Asteroid 2008 TS 26 https://www.asteroidsnear.com/asteroid-2008-ts26-1490 Asteroids Near Earth 19 January 2025 22 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190622130639/https://www.asteroidsnear.com/asteroid-2008-ts26-1490 dead
B. Bolin R. Jedicke M. Granvik P. Brown E. Howell M. Nolan P. M. Jenniskens M. Chyba G. Patterson R. Wainscoat 5 Detecting Earth's Temporarily-Captured Natural Satellites – Minimoons Icarus 2014 241 280–297 0019-1035 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.026 1406.3534 2014Icar..241..280B
(2008 TS 26) – JPL Small-Body Database Lookup https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2008TS26 ssd.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory 20 January 2025
S. Keys MPEC 2008-T119: 2008 TS 26 https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K08/K08TB9.html Minor Planet Electronic Circular Minor Planet Center 10 October 2008 19 January 2025
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