- 2008 BT18
2008 BT18 is a solar system
asteroid , discovered on31 January 2008 by the LINEAR program at the Lincoln Laboratory at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology , which research identifiesNear-Earth asteroid s.On
14 July 2008 , the asteroid transited within 0.0151 AU of theEarth , or 5.9 lunar distances Cite web
url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008%20BT18;orb=1
title= 2008 BT18, Orbit Diagram
work=JPL Small-Body Database Browser
publisher=NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory
accessdate=2008-08-01] .On July 6 and 7, 2008, research conducted using the
Arecibo Observatory produced evidence that this is abinary asteroid . The primary component has a diameter of 600 m and a rotation speed of less than 3 hours.Cite web
url=http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2008BT18/2008BT18_planning.html
title=2008 BT18 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning
publisher=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
accessdate=2008-08-01] The secondary component has a diameter of at least 200 m.References
External links
* [http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K08/K08C03.html MPEC 2008-C03 : 2008 BT18]
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