Orbital Diagram of Asteroid (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Orbital Diagram of Asteroid

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The orbit of asteroid 2019 AQ3, discovered by ZTF, is shown in this diagram. The object has the shortest 'year' of any recorded asteroid, with an orbital period of just 165 days.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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