Rare neo 43 EP
(2011 KE)
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Score breakdown
· 5 badgesRare 46 pts → Epic
- Potentially hazardous +16
- Crosses Earth's orbit +12
- Wildly elliptical orbit +10
- Near-Earth object +5
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 43
3 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Potentially hazardous · +16
- Wildly elliptical orbit · +10
- Crosses Earth's orbit · +12
- Catalogue designation only
Trivia
What makes it special
- Potentially hazardous. Its orbit passes close enough to Earth's to be officially monitored.
How we found it
- Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.
Cosmic context
- Wild orbit. Its highly elliptical path swings between scorching and frozen each lap.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- eccentricity
- 0.9545
- h mag
- 19.82
- inclination
- 5.88
- name
- (2011 KE)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- APO
- perihelion au
- 0.1004
- pha
- yes
- semi major au
- 2.207