2002 AT4

Summary

2002 AT4 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2002 AT4 is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 2002 AT4's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 2002 AT4's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2002 AT4's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 2002 AT4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Socorro^[7].
• 2002 AT4's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[8].
• 2002 AT4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 2002 AT4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-01-08T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 2002 AT4's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/082trf^[11].
• 2002 AT4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3102743^[12].
• 2002 AT4's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[13].
• 2002 AT4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4462'}^[14].
• 2002 AT4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4466512426725249'}^[15].
• 2002 AT4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.38'}^[16].
• 2002 AT4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.498143586855827'}^[17].
• 2002 AT4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+931.3797428461976'}^[18].
• 2002 AT4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+323.3578355815985'}^[19].
• 2002 AT4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.866460947087444'}^[20].
• 2002 AT4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.700118048503789'}^[21].
• 2002 AT4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.0328038456711'}^[22].
• 2002 AT4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+203.1687146102748'}^[23].
• 2002 AT4's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+107.8759772828434'}^[24].
• 2002 AT4's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2002 AT4^[25].
• 2002 AT4's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[26].
• 2002 AT4's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460721.4069444975'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

2002 AT4 draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]