2012 XE133

2012 XE₁₃₃

Discovery
Discovered by	Catalina Sky Survey
Discovery date	December 12, 2012
Designations
MPC designation	2012 XE133
Minor planet category	Aten asteroid, Mercury grazer, Venus crosser, Earth crosser
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 6
Aphelion	1.0360 AU (154.98 Gm)
Perihelion	0.40995 AU (61.328 Gm)
Semi-major axis	0.72300 AU (108.159 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.43299
Orbital period (sidereal)	0.61 yr (224.5 d)
Mean anomaly	194.21°
Mean motion	1.6032°/day
Inclination	6.7094°
Longitude of ascending node	281.088°
Argument of perihelion	337.096°
Earth MOID	0.00246932 AU (369,405 km)
Jupiter MOID	4.01703 AU (600.939 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	72 m[a]
Absolute magnitude (H)	23.4

2012 XE₁₃₃, also written 2012 XE133, is an asteroid that is a temporary co-orbital of Venus.

Discovery, orbit and physical properties

2012 XE₁₃₃ was discovered on December 12, 2012 by J. A. Johnson working for the Catalina Sky Survey. As of March 2013, it has been observed 102 times with a data-arc span of 28 days. It is an Aten asteroid and its semi-major axis (0.7230 AU) is very similar to that of Venus but its eccentricity is rather large (0.4332) and its orbital inclination is also significant (6.711°). With an absolute magnitude of 23.4, it has a diameter in the range 62–138 m.

Quasi-satellite dynamical state and orbital evolution

2012 XE₁₃₃ has been identified as a Venus co-orbital following a transitional path between Venus's Lagrangian points L₅ point and L₃ point. Besides being a Venus co-orbital, this asteroid is also a Mercury grazer and an Earth crosser. 2012 XE₁₃₃ exhibits resonant (or near-resonant) behavior with Mercury, Venus and the Earth. Its short-term dynamical evolution is similar to that of two other Venus co-orbitals, 2001 CK32 and 2002 VE68.

Potentially hazardous asteroid

2012 XE₁₃₃ was included in the Minor Planet Center list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) because it comes to within 0.05 AU of Earth periodically, but it has since been removed. It will approach Earth at 0.0055 AU (and the Moon at 0.0045 AU) on December 30, 2028.

See also

• 2001 CK32
• 2002 VE68
• 2013 ND15

Notes

• ^{^} This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05.

References

Further reading

• Understanding the Distribution of Near-Earth Asteroids Bottke, W. F., Jedicke, R., Morbidelli, A., Petit, J.-M., Gladman, B. 2000, Science, Vol. 288, Issue 5474, pp. 2190–2194.
• A Numerical Survey of Transient Co-orbitals of the Terrestrial Planets Christou, A. A. 2000, Icarus, Vol. 144, Issue 1, pp. 1–20.
• Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects Bottke, W. F., Morbidelli, A., Jedicke, R., Petit, J.-M., Levison, H. F., Michel, P., Metcalfe, T. S. 2002, Icarus, Vol. 156, Issue 2, pp. 399–433.
• Transient co-orbital asteroids Brasser, R., Innanen, K. A., Connors, M., Veillet, C., Wiegert, P., Mikkola, S., Chodas, P. W. 2004, Icarus, Vol. 171, Issue 1, pp. 102–109.
• The population of Near Earth Asteroids in coorbital motion with Venus Morais, M. H. M., Morbidelli, A. 2006, Icarus, Vol. 185, Issue 1, pp. 29–38.
• Asteroid 2012 XE133: a transient companion to Venus de la Fuente Marcos, C., de la Fuente Marcos, R. 2013, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 432, Issue 2, pp. 886–893.

External links

• 2012 XE₁₃₃ data at MPC
• List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)
• 2012 XE133 at the JPL Small-Body Database