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2020 HS7
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byPan-STARRS 2
Discovery siteHaleakala Obs.
Discovery date27 April 2020
Designations
2020 HS7
NEO · Apollo[3][1]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 9 August 2022 (JD 2459800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 6
Observation arc1 day
Aphelion2.904 AU
Perihelion0.793 AU
1.849
Eccentricity0.5709
2.51 yr (918 days)
308.988°
0° 23m 31.807s / day
Inclination4.732°
38.531°
245.692°
Physical characteristics
Dimensionsa/b ≥ 1.04[4]
4–8 m[5]
2.9945±0.0002 s[4]
2.9938±0.0002 s[4]
29.10±0.36[3]

2020 HS7 is a very small asteroid classified as a near-Earth object of the Earth-crossing Apollo group. When it was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 2 survey on 27 April 2020, the asteroid was initially calculated to have a 10% chance of impact with Earth before being ruled out by improved orbit determinations from additional observations.[6] Although there is now no risk of impact with Earth, it did make a close approach 42,700 kilometres (26,500 mi) from Earth on 28 April 2020, with a flyby speed of 15.6 kilometres per second (9.7 mi/s) relative to Earth.[3][7][5] The asteroid will not make any close encounters within 1 lunar distance (380,000 km; 240,000 mi) of Earth in the next 100 years.[3]

Observations by Kiso Observatory in Nagano, Japan show that the asteroid rotates extremely rapidly with a rotation period of 3 seconds, making it the fastest-rotating asteroid known as of 2022.[4] No other near-Earth asteroid of similar size is known to have a rotation period shorter than 10 seconds, which could be attributed to the tangential component of the YORP effect accelerating their rotation far beyond this period.[4] The asteroid exhibits a very small light curve amplitude of 0.07 magnitudes, which either implies a nearly spherical shape or a pole-on rotation during observations.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2020 HS7". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "MPEC 2022-F48 : 2022 FD1". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2020 HS7)" (2022-04-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Beniyama, Jin; et al. (2022). "Video observations of tiny near-Earth objects with Tomo-e Gozen". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 74 (4): 877–903. arXiv:2207.07071. doi:10.1093/pasj/psac043.
  5. ^ a b Bartels, Meghan (5 May 2020). "Tiny asteroid's super-close Earth flyby shows planetary protection in action, scientists say". Space.com.
  6. ^ "ESA space situational awareness 2020HS7". European Space Agency. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ Malik, Tariq (28 April 2020). "Small asteroid zips safely by Earth just ahead of a larger space rock's flyby". Space.com.
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