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Short Description 2007 TU24 is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid that was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona on October 11, 2007. Imaging radar has estimated that it is 250 meters in diameter. The asteroid passed 554,209 kilometer from Earth on January 29, 2008, at 08:33 UTC. At closest approach the asteroid had an apparent magnitude of 10.3 and was about 50 times fainter than the naked eye can see. It required about a 3-inch (76 mm) telescope to be seen. 2007 TU24 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Discovered by Catalina Sky Survey Discovery date October 11, 2007 Type Asteroid AddInfo Apollo group Satellite of Sun Orbit Prograde Rotation Direct Apoapsis 09 468 880 000 km Periapsis 09 142 347 000 km Semi-major axis 09 305 610 000 km Distance from Sun 01 2.042 9 au Eccentricity 0.534 23 Orbital period 2.92 year | 1066.5 days Orbital speed 20.7 km/s Mean anomaly 267.95° Inclination to the ecliptic 005.6232° Longitude of the ascending node 127.041° Argument of periapsis 334.254° Diameter/Size 0.25 km Mass 1010×2.4 kg Escape velocity 0.58 m/s Rotation period 26 hour | 1.1 day Albedo geometric 0.24 Absolute magnitude 20.2 - Comments
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