2020 PP1

2020 PP1
Discovery
Discovered byPan-STARRS 1
Discovery siteHaleakalā Obs.
Discovery date12 August 2020
Designations
2020 PP1
P113Iyv
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
Uncertainty parameter 1
Observation arc3.94 yr (1,438 days)
Earliest precovery date24 August 2017
Aphelion1.075 AU
Perihelion0.9278 AU
1.001 AU
Eccentricity0.07356
3.99 yr
87.711°
0° 59m 0.667s / day
Inclination5.8636°
140.603°
2 April 2021 19:40 UT
43.210°
Earth MOID0.03257 AU
TJupiter6.066
Physical characteristics
10–30 m (assumed albedo 0.04–0.20)
20.4 (at discovery)
26.7 · 26.6

    2020 PP1 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, that is a stable quasi-satellite of the Earth. There are over a dozen known Earth quasi-satellites, some of which switch periodically between the quasi-satellite and horseshoe co-orbital states.