2012 XE133 is an asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Aten group that is a temporary co-orbital of Venus.[4]
Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2012 XE133 was first observed on 12 December 2012 by J. A. Johnson working for the Catalina Sky Survey. As of January 2026, it has been observed 180 times with a data-arc span of about 8 years. It is an Aten asteroid and its semi-major axis of 0.72 AU is very similar to that of Venus but its eccentricity is rather large (0.4332) and its inclination of 6.7° is also significant. With an absolute magnitude of 23.4, it has a diameter of approximately 62 to 138 meters. On 26 November 2020, 2012 XE133 was recovered[5] and now has a well established orbit with an uncertainty parameter of 0.[6][7] The asteroid often makes close approaches to Earth within 0.05 AU, and the next close approach will occur on 30 December 2028, approaching Earth at 0.0099 AU (and the Moon at 0.0080 AU).[7]
Quasi-satellite dynamical state and orbital evolution
2012 XE133 has been identified as a Venus co-orbital following a transitional path between Venus's Lagrangian points L5 point and L3 point.[4] Besides being a Venus co-orbital, this asteroid is also a Mercury grazer and an Earth crosser. 2012 XE133 exhibits resonant (or near-resonant) behavior with Mercury, Venus and the Earth.[4] Its short-term dynamical evolution is similar to that of two other Venus co-orbitals, 2001 CK32 and Zoozve.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05.
References
- ↑List Of Aten Minor Planets
- 1 2 3 "2012 XE133" . Base de datos de cuerpos pequeños del JPL . Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro . SPK-ID: 3620867. Recuperado el 3 de abril de 2016 .
- ↑ "Estimador del tamaño de asteroides" . CNEOS NASA/JPL . Consultado el 16 de febrero de 2018 .
- 1 2 3 4 de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. (2013). "Asteroide 2012 XE133, un compañero transitorio de Venus" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 432 (2): 886– 893. arXiv : 1303.3705 . Bibcode : 2013MNRAS.432..886D . doi : 10.1093/mnras/stt454 .
- ↑ "MPEC 2020-W187 : 2012 XE133" . www.minorplanetcenter.net . Consultado el 13 de enero de 2026 .
- ↑ "Centro de Planetas Menores de la IAU" . www.minorplanetcenter.net . Consultado el 13 de enero de 2026 .
- 1 2 "Búsqueda en la base de datos de cuerpos pequeños" . Base de datos de cuerpos pequeños del JPL . 15 de abril de 2021. Recuperado el 13 de enero de 2026 .
- Lecturas adicionales
- Comprender la distribución de asteroides cercanos a la Tierra Bottke, WF, Jedicke, R., Morbidelli, A., Petit, J.-M., Gladman, B. 2000, Science , Vol. 288, Issue 5474, pp. 2190–2194.
- Un estudio numérico de las coorbitales transitorias de los planetas terrestres Christou, AA 2000, Icarus , vol. 144, número 1, págs. 1–20.
- Distribución orbital y de magnitud absoluta corregida de los objetos cercanos a la Tierra Bottke, WF, Morbidelli, A., Jedicke, R., Petit, J.-M., Levison, HF, Michel, P., Metcalfe, TS 2002, Icarus , Vol. 156, Número 2, págs. 399–433.
- Asteroides coorbitales transitorios Brasser, R., Innanen, KA, Connors, M., Veillet, C., Wiegert, P., Mikkola, S., Chodas, PW 2004, Icarus , vol. 171, número 1, págs. 102-109.
- La población de asteroides cercanos a la Tierra en movimiento coorbital con Venus Morais, MHM, Morbidelli, A. 2006, Icarus , Vol. 185, Número 1, pp. 29–38.
- Asteroide 2012 XE133: un compañero transitorio de Venus de la Fuente Marcos, C., de la Fuente Marcos, R. 2013, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , Vol. 432, Issue 2, pp. 886–893.
- AstDys-2 on 2012 XE133 Retrieved 2013-02-20
External links
- 2012 XE133 data at MPC
- List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)
- 2012 XE133 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- Ephemerides ·Observation prediction ·Orbital info ·MOID ·Proper elements ·Observational info ·Close approaches ·Physical info ·Orbit animation
- 2012 XE133 at ESA–space situational awareness
- Ephemerides ·Observations ·Orbit ·Physical properties ·Summary
- 2012 XE133 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Aten asteroids
- Minor planet object articles (unnumbered)
- Discoveries by the Catalina Sky Survey
- Venus-crossing asteroids
- Earth-crossing asteroids
- Venus co-orbital minor planets
- Astronomical objects discovered in 2012