98943 Torifune

98943 Torifune
Discovery
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab ETS
Discovery date3 February 2001
Designations
(98943) Torifune
2001 CC21
1982 VE13
NEO · Apollo
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 25 February 2023 (JD 2460000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc40.31 yr (14,725 days)
Earliest precovery date10 November 1982
Aphelion1.259 AU
Perihelion0.806 AU
1.032 AU
Eccentricity0.2192
1.05 yr (383.1 d)
280.856°
0° 56m 23.328s / day
Inclination4.807°
75.519°
179.441°
Earth MOID0.08303 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.