3757 Anagolay
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Helin, E. F. at Palomar |
| Discovery date | December 14, 1982 |
| Designations | |
| PHA[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch April 10, 2007 (JD 2454200.5) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 2.652915086073499 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.01554148756278 AU |
| 1.83422828681814 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.446338552915648 |
| 907.3576536929079 d (2.48 a) | |
| 275.6127049392329° | |
| Inclination | 3.87172077093798° |
| 75.03581252839305° | |
| 17.06845807425793° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 0.5 km[1] |
| 9.012 h[1] | |
| Albedo | 0.18[1] |
| 18.95[1] | |
3757 Anagolay (provisional designation 1982 XB) is a near-Earth asteroid, about 0.5 kilometers in diameter, that completes one revolution around the Sun about every 2 1⁄2 years. It was discovered by E. F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory on December 14, 1982. It is an S-type asteroid, meaning it possesses a silicaceous (stony) composition.[1] It is listed as an Amor asteroid (epoch 2014).[2]
The body was named after Anagolay, the goddess of lost things worshipped by pre-Hispanic Tagalogs. In Philippine mythology, Anagolay is the daughter of the hermaphroditic agricultural deity Lakampati, who in some sources is the goddess Ikapati; the latter scenario has Anagolay's father named as Mapulon, god of the seasons.[3] The name, suggested by Filipino student Mohammad Abqary Alon, bested 85 other entries in a contest held by the Space Generation Advisory Council.[4]
3757 Anagolay is a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) because its minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) is less than 0.05 AU and its diameter is greater than 150 meters. The Earth-MOID is 0.0381 AU (5,700,000 km; 3,540,000 mi).[1] Its orbit is well-determined for the next several hundred years.
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