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2003 YQ117 was discovered by NEAT in December 2003. It is a near-earth asteroid of class Apollo. 2003 YQ117 is large (for an Apollo) with a mean diameter of about 2 miles (3.5 Km) and an absolute magnitude of about 15.4.

The image above shows stacked images from two sessions, the first starting at 22:57, the second at 23:43. The two trails are 45 minutes apart and each trail records the movement of the minor planet over about 7 minutes. As you can see 2003 YQ117 is zipping along at a healthy rate.

  Location Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
  Date/Time (UTC) 29 May 2006 22:57
  Optics 200mm SCT F6.3
  Filters None
  Imager Meade DSI-C
  Mount Astro-physics 1200GTO
  Exposure details 7 images * 120 seconds
  Software MaximDL, Photoshop 7
© David McDonald 2012 Updated 10 June 2012