2018 WV1

2018 WV1
2018 WV1's flyby trajectory
Discovery
Discovered byCSS
H. Groeller
Discovery siteCatalina Station
Discovery date29 November 2018
(first observed only)
Designations
2018 WV1
ZW0C3A5
NEO · Apollo
Earth crosser
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 6 December 2018 (JD 2458458.5)
Uncertainty parameter 2
Observation arc14 days
Aphelion1.1149 AU
Perihelion0.9715 AU
1.0432 AU
Eccentricity0.0686
1.065 yr (389 d)
38.51°
0° 55m 30s / day
Inclination1.9054°
248.51°
141.37°
Earth MOID0.1444 LD (55500 km)
Physical characteristics
4 m (assumed)
30.145
30.183
30.2

    2018 WV1 is a very small asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group that passed within 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles) of the Earth's surface on 2 December 2018. It was first observed on 29 November 2018 by Hannes Gröller with the Catalina Sky Survey at Catalina Station on Mount Bigelow, Arizona, in the United States.