2019 AS5

2019 AS5
	The hourly motion of 2019 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 of the center of the earth, 8600 km from the surface. It was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey 9 hours after closest approach. It is estimated to be about 1-2 meters in diameter.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2019 AS5)" (2019-01-08 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ 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 9 January 2019.

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

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