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367943 Duende (provisional designation 2012 DA 14) is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter.It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra Observatory in 2012, and named for the duende, a goblin-like creature from Iberian and Filipino mythology and folklore. [1]
Those asteroids with very high eccentricities will only reach their maximum magnitude rarely, when their perihelion is very close to a heliocentric conjunction with Earth, or (in the case of 99942 Apophis, (152680) 1998 KJ 9, (153814) 2001 WN 5, and 367943 Duende) when the asteroid passes very close to Earth.
Below is the list of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2013. This was the year of the Chelyabinsk impact, in addition to the other NEO flybys ... 367943 Duende: 0 ...
Among the asteroids discovered and tracked by Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca thanks to its four remotely operated telescopes [1] [4] and to the clear skies of Sierra de la Sagra, on 15 February 2012, a team coordinated by Jaume Nomen, astronomer at OAM located the asteroid Duende, [1] and calculated that the following year, more specifically on 15 February 2013, it would pass 27,700 km ...
The event Raisani describes is known as the Chelyabinsk meteor, which began as an asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 13, 2013, at approximately 60 ft. in diameter and weighing 10,000 ...
A notable case is the relatively large asteroid Duende, which was predicted nearly a year in advance, coincidentally approaching just a few hours after the unrelated Chelyabinsk meteor, which was unpredicted, but injured thousands of people when it impacted.
Apohele asteroid, smallest semimajor axis of all asteroids [4] Smallest: 2019 BE 5: 0.610: Smallest (numbered) 66391 Moshup: 0.642: Smallest (named) 2100 Ra-Shalom: 0.832: Largest (numbered) 3753 Cruithne: 0.998: Earth Co-Orbital Largest (85770) 1998 UP 1: 0.999: In Earth's Zone of Influence Aphelion Records Object Q (AU) notes Smallest (434326 ...
On February 15, 2013, the 30 m (98 ft) asteroid 367943 Duende (2012 DA 14) passed approximately 27,700 km (17,200 mi) above the surface of Earth, closer than satellites in geosynchronous orbit. [50] The asteroid was not visible to the unaided eye.