NEAT September-October Interesting Objects

2000 SD₈ = LA2364, is a ~200 m (700') Apollo Earth-crossing asteroid, discovered with NEAT on 20 September 2000. Its a,e,i,q = 1.13, 0.31, 7, 0.7784 (T. Spahr, MPC). A visualization of the 2000 SD₈ orbit is shown, but please remember that scientific conclusions can not be drawn from this diagram. It is not a hazard.

2000 SE₈ = LA3EUM, is relatively small (football-field-sized) ~100 m (350') Amor Earth-approaching asteroid. Its a,e,i,q =2.51, 0.60, 1, 1.0169 (T. Spahr, MPC). A visualization of the 2000 SE₈ orbit is shown, but please remember that scientific conclusions can not be drawn from this diagram. Of note is that the inclination of this rock is very close to the plane of the Earth's orbit. It is not a hazard to the Earth.

2000 SQ₄₃ = LBX1ER is a ~800 (0.5 mile) Amor Earth-approaching asteroid discovered with NEAT on 25 September 2000. Its a,e,i,q = 2.21, 0.48, 5 , 1.1422 (T. Spahr, MPC). A visualization of the 2000 SQ₄₃ orbit is shown, but please remember that scientific conclusions can not be drawn from this diagram. It is not a hazard.

2000 SR₄₂ = LBVCE3 is a large ~3 km (2 mile) Mars-approaching asteroid discovered with NEAT on 25 September 2000. Its a,e,i,q = 2.4236861, 0.2472146, 38.23147, 1.82451551 (T.Spahr, MPC).

2000 SZ₄₄= LC8J4P, is a ~350 m (0.2 mile) Amor asteroid discovered with NEAT on 26 September 2000. Its a,e,i,q = 2.51, 0.52, 6, 1.2072 (T. Spahr, MPC). A visualization of the 2000 SZ₄₄ orbit is shown, but please remember that scientific conclusions can not be drawn from this diagram. It is not a hazard.

2000 SA₄₅ = LC8Z5Q is a large, ~3.5 km (2 mile) Mars-crossing asteroid, discovered with NEAT on 26 September 2000. Its a,e,i,q = 2.2295989, 0.3526488, 12.96291, 1.4433335 (T. Spahr, MPC).

NEAT discovered LG4K5R on 6 October 2000 moving about 0.9 degrees/day with V = 18. It was a Near-Earth asteroid candidate and required follow-up observations. This object was lost due to insufficient follow-ups in that lunation. In the following lunation it was recovered with LINEAR on 2 November 2000 and confirmed to be an Earth-approaching Amor asteroid, 2000 VA₄₅, approximately 700 m (0.4 miles) in diameter. It is not considered hazardous. Its a,e,i,q = 1.93, 0.39, 13, q = 1.1818 (T. Spahr, MPC).