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Discovery | |
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Discovery date | 2003 |
Designations | |
Alternative names | 2003 SM84 |
Minor planet category | Amor |
Orbital characteristics | |
Aphelion | 1.21 AU |
Perihelion | 1.03 AU |
Semi-major axis | 1.125 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.08 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 436.11 d |
Inclination | 2.79° |
Physical characteristics | |
Spectral type | X |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 22.74 |
2003 SM84 is an as yet unnamed and unnumbered near-Earth asteroid discovered in 2003. Its size and physical properties are uncertain. An Amor asteroid, it orbits between Earth and Mars.
2003 SM84 is being considered by the European Space Agency as a candidate target for the Don Quijote mission to study the effects of impacting a spacecraft into an asteroid.
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