Abstract

The astrometric and photometric series of observations of potentially hazardous asteroid (276033) 2002 AJ129 were obtained with MTM-500M telescope of Pulkovo Observatory in the period of its close approach to the Earth on February 4, 2018. The orbital evolution was studied and the influence of non-gravitational effects (solar radiation pressure and the Yarkovsky effect) was estimated. The axial rotation period (P ​= ​3.9222 ​± ​0.0008 ​h) of the asteroid and the color indices (B–V ​= ​0.687 ​± ​0.050, V–R ​= ​0.405 ​± ​0.027, R–I ​= ​0.178 ​± ​0.044) were determined from the photometric series of observations.

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