NEAT April 2004 Interesting Objects

In April we discovered 5 NEAs: 3 Amors with 1>1 km in diameter, and 2 Apollos, both PHAs. We also discovered a 700-km diameter Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO).



Designat. NEAT name & Image Disc. with NEAT/ Date Vel. (deg/day) Mag. Size in km (miles) Orbit Visual. Comment*
2004 GA YHDEVM MSSS 7 April 4.3 17 0.4 (0.24) orbit Amor
- YHNPYM MSSS 8 April 0.6 20 - - Not real or lost
- 670GHAI Palomar 10 Apr 0.1 19 - - Not real or lost
2004 GB2 68H9QC0 Palomar 12 Apr 0.9 19 0.3 (0.2) orbit Apollo, PHA
2004 GC2 68HE9C7 Palomar 12 Apr 0.4 19 - - Not NEA
2004 GE2 68K08AN Palomar 12 Apr 0.9 19 0.2 (0.12) orbit Apollo, PHA
2004 GV9 698HVBO Palomar 13 Apr 0.02 19 700 (400) orbit Trans-Neptunian Object
2004 GD28 69AP1C1 Palomar 13 Apr 0.4 20 1.5 (0.9) orbit Amor
2004 GX19 6ANGRC4 Palomar 15 Apr 0.3 19 - - Not NEA
2004 HH33 YN4W70 MSSS 23 Apr 2.0 20 0.3 (0.2) orbit Amor
orbit Comet -see IAUC 7695. 7711 indicates that this comet may become visible with the naked eye in May-June 2004

*Amors, Apollos, and Atens are the three categories of Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Amor asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the outside, Apollo asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, and Aten asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the inside. Potentially Hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are larger than ~0.2 km (0.1 mile) and approach close enough to present a potential hazard but not a current hazard.

All NEAT Interesting Objects