2019 AS5

2019 AS5
	The hourly motion of 2018 AS5 passed the earth between January 7-8, 2019
Discovery
Discovery site	Mount Lemmon Obs.
Discovery date	8 January 2019
Designations
MPC designation	2019 AS5
Minor planet category	NEO · Apollo
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Aphelion	1.8769 AU
Perihelion	0.8188 AU
Semi-major axis	1.3478 AU
Eccentricity	0.3925
Orbital period (sidereal)	1.56 yr (571.547 d)
Mean anomaly	98.81126°
Mean motion	0° 37m 47.528s / day
Inclination	0.7012968°
Longitude of ascending node	106.7463°
Argument of perihelion	294.359°
Earth MOID	0.000140 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft)
Absolute magnitude (H)	32.243

2019 AS5 is a near earth asteroid that passed close by the earth on January 8, 2019. It passed within 0.04 lunar distances or 15,000 kilometers. It was discovered by Mt. Lemmon Survey 9 hours after closest approach. Its size is estimated to be about 1-2 meter diameter.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2019 AS5)" (2019-01-08 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 09 January 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Asteroid 2019 AS5 flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.04 LD

MPEC 2019-A128: 2019 AS5
2019 AS5 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- Ephemerides · Observation prediction · Orbital info · MOID · Proper elements · Observational info · Close approaches · Physical info · Orbit animation
2019 AS5 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[jpldata-1] "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2019 AS5)" (2019-01-08 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 09 January 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] Asteroid 2019 AS5 flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.04 LD

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