 Orbital diagram of1990 MF | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Helin |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 26 June 1990 |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9080 days (24.86 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5433 AU (380.47 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.94958 AU (142.055 Gm) |
| 1.7464 AU (261.26 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.45627 |
| 2.31yr (842.99d) | |
| 5.3502° | |
| 0° 25m 37.38s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.8662° |
| 210.26° | |
| 114.40° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0168027 AU (2.51365 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 700 m (2,300 ft) | |
| 18.7 | |
(8014) 1990 MF is a sub-kilometernear-Earth object andpotentially hazardous asteroid in theApollo group. It was discovered by American astronomerEleanor Helin at thePalomar Observatory in California on 26 June 1990. The asteroid measures approximately 0.7 kilometers (0.4 miles) in diameter.[2] On 23 July 2020, it came within 0.055 AU of the Earth—about 21 times the Moon's distance.[3]
