(15700) 1987 QD
(15700) 1987 QD, provisional designation 1987 QD, is a Mars-crossing asteroid and a binary candidate from inside the innermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 24 August 1987, by American astronomer Stephen Singer-Brewster at the Palomar Observatory in California. The likely spherical X-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.1 hours. The suspected presence of a kilometer-sized minor-planet moon was announced in November 2000.
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(15700) 1987 QD
(15700) 1987 QD, provisional designation 1987 QD, is a Mars-crossing asteroid and a binary candidate from inside the innermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 24 August 1987, by American astronomer Stephen Singer-Brewster at the Palomar Observatory in California. The likely spherical X-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.1 hours. The suspected presence of a kilometer-sized minor-planet moon was announced in November 2000.
apoapsis (km)
4.3453693502229E8
orbital period (μ)
periapsis (km)
2.2643133709152E8
absolute magnitude
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(15700) 1987 QD, provisional d ...... as announced in November 2000.
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apoapsis (μ)
4,3453693502229e+11
discovery date
1987-08-24
discoverer
epoch
23 March 2018 (JD2458200.5)
former name
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1987 QD
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orbital period (s)
2,07102528e+8
periapsis (μ)
2,2643133709152e+11
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57.781.978
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1.019.396.668
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aphelion
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background
#FA8072
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discovered
1987-08-24
discoverer
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eccentricity
epoch
2018-03-23
inclination
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minorplanet
yes
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Mars-crosser 
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binary 
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observation arc
2.00864124E9
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perihelion
period
1.0350892799999999E8
satellites
semimajor
spectral type
S 
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X
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X
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uncertainty
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(15700) 1987 QD, provisional d ...... as announced in November 2000.
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(15700) 1987 QD
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