Astronomy:2020 OV1

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2020 OV1
Discovery [1]
Discovered byZwicky Transient Facility
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date19 July 2020
(first observed only)
Designations
2020 OV1
Minor planet categoryNEO · Atira[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 7
Observation arc18 days
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}0.79963 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}0.4754 AU
0.63751 AU
Eccentricity0.2543
Orbital period0.51 yr (271.4 d)
Mean anomaly185.9°
Mean motion1° 56m 10.68s / day
Inclination32.58°
Longitude of ascending node296.02°
189.821°
Earth MOID0.21933 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter200–600 m (est. at 0.05–0.15)
Absolute magnitude (H)18.7±0.6[2]


2020 OV1 is a near-Earth object of the Atira group.

Discovery

2020 OV1 was discovered at r=20.2 mag on 2020 July 19 by the Zwicky Transient Facility using the 1.2-m f/2.4 Schmidt.[3]

Orbit and classification

It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.5–0.8 AU once every 6 months (186 days; semi-major axis of 0.64 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25 and a relatively high inclination of 33° with respect to the ecliptic.[2]

The orbital evolution of 2020 OV1 indicates that it is comfortably entrenched within the Atira orbital realm, but it might have arrived there relatively recently.[4]

Numbering and naming

As of 2023, this minor planet has neither been numbered nor named by the Minor Planet Center.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "2020 OV1". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2020+OV1. Retrieved 18 August 2020. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2020 HA10)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=54048903. Retrieved 18 August 2020. 
  3. "MPEC 2020-O66 : 2020 OV1". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. 22 July 2020. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K20/K20O66.html. Retrieved 18 August 2020. 
  4. de la Fuente Marcos, Carlos; de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl (30 July 2020). "Near the Edge of the Atira Orbital Realm: Short-term Dynamical Evolution of 2020 HA10 and 2020 OV1". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society 4 (7): 123. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/abaa4f. Bibcode2020RNAAS...4..123D. 

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