2013 ND₁₅

2013 ND₁₅
Discovery
Discovered by	Pan-STARRS
Discovery date	13 July 2013
Designations
MPC designation	2013 ND15
Minor planet category	Aten asteroid; Mercury crosser; Venus crosser; Earth crosser;
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 7
Aphelion	1.1660 AU (174.43 Gm)
Perihelion	0.28100 AU (42.037 Gm)
Semi-major axis	0.72351 AU (108.236 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.61162
Orbital period (sidereal)	0.62 yr (224.8 d)
Mean anomaly	198.82°
Mean motion	1.6015°/day
Inclination	4.7962°
Longitude of ascending node	95.841°
Argument of perihelion	19.697°
Earth MOID	0.00751978 AU (1,124,943 km)
Jupiter MOID	3.95146 AU (591.130 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	40–100 m
Absolute magnitude (H)	24.1

2013 ND₁₅ (also written 2013 ND15) is an asteroid that is a temporary trojan of Venus, the first known Venus trojan.

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