(163243) 2002 FB3

{{Short description|Asteroid}}

{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{mp|(163243) 2002 FB|3}}}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet = yes

| name = (163243) {{mp|2002 FB|3}}

| background = #FFC2E0

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| discovery_ref =

| discoverer = LINEAR

| discovery_site = Lincoln Lab's ETS

| discovered = 18 March 2002

| mpc_name = (163243) {{mp|2002 FB|3}}

| alt_names = {{mp|2002 FB|3}}

| pronounced =

| named_after =

| mp_category = Aten{{·}}NEO{{·}}PHA

| orbit_ref =

| epoch = 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)

| uncertainty = 0

| observation_arc = 16.07 yr (5,869 d)

| aphelion = 1.2198 AU

| perihelion = 0.3033 AU

| semimajor = 0.7616 AU

| eccentricity = 0.6017

| period = 243 days

| mean_anomaly = 150.26°

| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|1.4830|sup=ms}} / day

| inclination = 20.278°

| asc_node = 203.60°

| arg_peri = 148.31°

| moid = {{nowrap|0.0034 AU (1.3246 LD)}}

| mean_diameter = {{val|1.49|ul=km}} {{small|(calculated)}}
{{val|1.552|0.013|u=km}}
{{val|1.663|0.285|u=km}}
{{val|1.682|0.013|u=km}}

| rotation = {{val|6.231|0.001|ul=h}}

| albedo = {{val|0.1426|0.1478}}
{{val|0.172|0.041}}
{{val|0.202|0.046}}
{{val|0.20}} {{small|(assumed)}}

| spectral_type = Q

| abs_magnitude = 16.4
16.50

}}

{{mp|(163243) 2002 FB|3}}, provisional designation {{mp|2002 FB|3}}, is a stony asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Athen group, approximately {{convert|1.6|km|mi|abbr=off|sigfig=1|sp=us}} in diameter. It was discovered on 18 March 2002, by astronomers with the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The Q-type asteroid has a rotation period of 6.2 hours.

Orbit and classification

{{mp|2002 FB|3}} is a member of the Athen group of asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.3–1.2 AU once every 8 months (243 days; semi-major axis of 0.76 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.60 and an inclination of 20° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Socorro.

= Close approaches =

The asteroid has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of {{convert |0.0034 |AU |km mi |abbr=on |lk=off |sigfig=3}}, which corresponds to 1.3 lunar distances and makes it a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its sufficiently large size.

{{Large near earth asteroid flybys 5LD}}

Physical characteristics

{{mp|2003 QO|104}} has been characterized as an uncommon Q-type asteroid, that fall into the larger stony S-complex.

= Rotation period =

In March 2016, a rotational lightcurve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 6.231 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.19 magnitude ({{small|U=2}}).

= Diameter and albedo =

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, {{mp||}} measures between 1.552 and 1.682 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1426 and 0.202.

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a stony standard albedo of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 1.49 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 16.5.

Naming

This minor planet was numbered by the MPC on 26 September 2007 ({{small|M.P.C. 60678}}). As of 2018, it has not been named.

References

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|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2163243

|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory

|accessdate = 20 April 2018}}

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