1998 KY26

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1998 KY26 is a tiny, rapidly rotating near-Earth asteroid selected as the extended mission target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
1998 KY26 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo asteroid
minor planet
near-Earth asteroid
potentially hazardous asteroid
absoluteMagnitude 26.0
albedo high
aphelionDistance about 1.48 AU
belongsTo Solar System
belongsToPopulation near-Earth object population
closeApproachToEarthFrequency occasional
diameterRange about 25–35 meters
discoverer LINEAR
discoveryDate 1998-06-02
eccentricity about 0.20
flybyPlannedFor 2031
hasScientificInterestFor asteroid internal structure studies
planetary defense characterization
rapid rotator dynamics
hasVeryShortRotationPeriod true
inclination about 1.5 degrees
isBackupTargetFor Hayabusa2 extended mission
isMonolithicOrRubblePile uncertain
isObservedBy ground-based telescopes
isOneOfSmallestNEAsStudied true
isRapidRotator true
isTargetOf Hayabusa2 extended mission
isVerySmallNEA true
lightcurveUsedToDetermine rotation period
lightcurveUsedToInfer shape
meanDiameter about 30 meters
minimumOrbitIntersectionDistanceEarth about 0.0008 AU
minorPlanetNumber 98943
missionAgency JAXA
orbitalClass Apollo group
orbitalPeriod about 1.36 years
orbits Sun
perihelionDistance about 0.98 AU
provisionalDesignation 1998 KY26
riskListedBy Sentry Risk Table
rotationPeriod 0.178 hours
10.7 minutes
semiMajorAxis about 1.23 AU
shape nearly spherical
spacecraft Hayabusa2
spectralType C-type

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hayabusa2 extendedMissionTarget 1998 KY26
subject linked to: Hayabusa2 spacecraft