(5604) 1992 FE is an Aten-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by Robert H. McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory in Canberra, Australia, on March 26, 1992. The asteroid is 550 meters (1,800 ft) in diameter.[1]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. H. McNaught |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
| Discovery date | 26 March 1992 |
| Designations | |
| (5604) 1992 FE | |
| 1992 FE | |
| NEO · Aten · PHA[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 32.11 yr (11,729 days) |
| Aphelion | 1.3060 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.5516 AU |
| 0.9288 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.4061 |
| 0.90 yr (327 days) | |
| 286.36° | |
| 1° 6m 3.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.7136° |
| 311.96° | |
| 82.586° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0332 AU · 12.9 LD |
| Venus MOID | 0.0059 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 550 meters (1,800 ft)[1] | |
| 5.3375 h (0.22240 d)}[1] | |
| 0.48[1] | |
| 17.1[1][2] | |
The asteroid has a Venus minimum orbit intersection distance (Venus–MOID) of 0.0059 AU (880,000 km; 550,000 mi).[2] On April 7, 2015 the asteroid passed 0.00717 AU (1,073,000 km; 666,000 mi) from Venus.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f g h “JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5604 (1992 FE)” (last observation: 2012-04-20). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ a b “(5604) 1992 FE Orbit”. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ “JPL Close-Approach Data: 5604 (1992 FE)” (last observation: 2012-04-20). Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- Lightcurve plot of (5604) 1992 FE, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- (5604) 1992 FE at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- (5604) 1992 FE at ESA–space situational awareness
- (5604) 1992 FE at the JPL Small-Body Database