(177049) 2003 EE16
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Template:Mp, provisionally known as 2003 EE16, is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object.[1] It was discovered on 8 March 2003 by LPL/Spacewatch II at an apparent magnitude of 20 using a Template:Convert reflecting telescope.[2] It has an estimated diameter of Template:Convert.[3] The asteroid was listed on Sentry Risk Table with a Torino Scale rating of 1 on 2 April 2003.[3]
Description
Many of the virtual impactors were located near the nominal orbital solution and the asteroid has a low inclination relative to Earth's orbit.[4] Observation by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) 8 meter facilities on 22 May and 19 June 2003 when Template:Mp was very dim with an apparent magnitude between 24–25[note 1] refined the orbit.[4] It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 28 May 2003.[5]
Template:Mp has the smallest Earth Minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) of any known potentially hazardous asteroid.[6] The Earth MOID is Template:Convert.[6] Asteroids with a smaller Earth MOID are less than ~100 meters in diameter such as Template:Mpl and Template:Mpl. Earth impactors Template:Mpl and 2014 AA had small Earth MOID values as they were on their impact approach when discovered.
| Date | Distance from Earth |
|---|---|
| 2014-07-01 | Template:Convert (37.6 LD) |
| 2041-07-01 | Template:Convert (38.6 LD) |
| 2067-01-31 | Template:Convert (34.0 LD) |
| 2094-01-30 | Template:Convert (29.1 LD) |
| 2122-07-04 | Template:Convert (28.9 LD) |
| 2149-07-06 | Template:Convert (20.2 LD) |
| 2175-02-02 | Template:Convert (31.2 LD) |
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