98943 Torifune
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery site | Lincoln Lab ETS |
| Discovery date | 3 February 2001 |
| Designations | |
| (98943) Torifune | |
| 2001 CC21 1982 VE13 | |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 25 February 2023 (JD 2460000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 40.31 yr (14,725 days) |
| Earliest precovery date | 10 November 1982 |
| Aphelion | 1.259 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.806 AU |
| 1.032 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2192 |
| 1.05 yr (383.1 d) | |
| 280.856° | |
| 0° 56m 23.328s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.807° |
| 75.519° | |
| 179.441° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.08303 AU (12,421,000 km) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 465±15 m | |
| 5.02124±0.00001 h | |
| 0.216±0.016 | |
| S | |
| 18.94±0.05 · 18.74 | |
98943 Torifune (provisional designation 2001 CC21) is a stony near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group, with a diameter of about 500 metres (1,600 feet). It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) survey at Socorro, New Mexico on 3 February 2001. It is an upcoming flyby target of JAXA's Hayabusa2 extended mission, which may approach as close as 1 km (0.62 mi) from the asteroid surface on July 5, 2026.