Epic neo 47 EP
(2015 TX24)
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Score breakdown
· 6 badgesEpic 68 pts → Anomaly
- Potentially hazardous +16
- Crosses Earth's orbit +12
- Wildly elliptical orbit +10
- Near-Earth object +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) +4
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 47
21 more points to reach Anomaly.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Potentially hazardous · +16
- Wildly elliptical orbit · +10
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) · +4
- 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.
- Size. Roughly 0.3 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 0.252
- eccentricity
- 0.8743
- h mag
- 21.58
- inclination
- 6.11
- name
- (2015 TX24)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- APO
- perihelion au
- 0.2843
- pha
- yes
- semi major au
- 2.262