(185851) 2000 DP107
Composite of radar images by the Arecibo Observatory from September to October 2000 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
| Discovery date | 29 February 2000 |
| Designations | |
| (185851) 2000 DP107 | |
| 2000 DP107 | |
| NEO · PHA · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 16.82 yr (6,143 days) |
| Aphelion | 1.8794 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.8511 AU |
| 1.3652 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3766 |
| 1.60 yr (583 days) | |
| 255.78° | |
| 0° 37m 4.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.6718° |
| 358.70° | |
| 289.74° | |
| Known satellites | 1 |
| Earth MOID | 0.0150 AU · 5.8 LD |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.860 km (taken) 0.863±0.043 km 1.0±0.1 km |
| 2.769±0.005 h 2.774±0.001 h 2.77447±0.00005 h 2.7745±0.0007 h 2.7754±0.0002 h 2.7754 h | |
| 0.111±0.036 0.15 (derived) | |
| M · C | |
| 18.0 · 18.0±0.2 (R) · 18.02±0.2 · 18.03±0.1 · 18.2 | |
(185851) 2000 DP107 is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid, classified as potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group that is notable because it provided evidence for binary asteroids in the near-Earth population. The PROCYON probe developed by JAXA and the University of Tokyo was intended to flyby this asteroid before its ion thruster failed and could not be restarted.