# List dated October 26, 2011 # The following is a list of Potentially Accessible Asteroids compiled by Josh Hopkins, of Lockheed Martin. # Follow up observations of these objects are appreciated whenever practical, including astrometry, radar, and photometry. # However, note that some may have already been sufficiently observed. Check appropriate databases. # For additional information, full references, or to recieve future copies of this list, # contact Josh Hopkins: josh.b.hopkins [at] lmco [dot] com # # This list includes potential destinations identified in previous studies for a variety of types of # missions including human exploration and robotic sample return, rendezvous-only, or flyby. # Objects with JPL Orbit Condition Code > 7 are excluded. No limit on absolute magnitude is applied, however objects fainter # than about H = 25 or 26 are unlikely to be considered for missions in the near term. No limits on # the timeframe of the mission opportunity are applied. These objects are only "potential" destinations, # pending future characterization of these targets, additional spacecraft and mission design work, # and human spaceflight considerations. No judgements should be made about the suitability of these targets # until these considerations have been taken into account. # # Sources / Studies include # NHATS top 100 human accessible asteroids (2011) # 2010 Planetary Science Decadal Survey robotic sample return top 100 targets # 2010 Planetary Science Decadal Survey robotic rendezvous (i.e. one-way) top 100 targets # JPL studies of human asteroid missions using electric propulsion # Lockheed Martin Plymouth Rock human mission targets # Targets considered for Hayabusa, Hayabusa II, OSIRIS REx, Don Quijote, Marco Polo, and other specific robotic missions # # The list includes objects identified by the following analysts and others # Josh Hopkins, Adam Dissel, Brian Sutter (Lockheed Martin) # Dan Adamo, Paul Abel, Rob Landis, Brent Barbee (NASA) # Damon Landau, Nathan Strange (JPL) # Aline Zimmer, E. Messerschmid (Univ. of Stuttgart) # # This file is intended to be easily parsed by scripts. Comment lines begin with a "#" symbol in the first column. # The end of the file is marked "#end" Tables may contain both space and tab characters. # Asteroids are consistently listed by their preliminary designation even if names or # numbers have been assigned later. # # The following short-listed objects are of particular interest because they # are unusually accessible or are the targets of specific missions. ## 2000 SG344 2001 CQ36 ## 1999 AO10 2001 QJ142 ## 2006 FH36 2003 SM84 ## 2007 UY1 1999 CG9 ## 2008 JL24 2009 HC ## 2009 CV 2010 JK1 ## 2000 LG6 2001 FR85 ## 1999 RQ36 1999 JU3 ## 1996 FG3 # # Complete list: # #Provisional Orbit Condition Absolute #Designation Code Magnitude (H) Full Designation 1982 DB 0 18.2 4660 Nereus 1988 XB 0 18.6 7753 1989 ML 0 19.5 10302 1989 UQ 0 19.3 65679 1991 JW 0 19.2 207945 1991 VG 2 28.4 1992 BF 0 19.7 152563 1992 JD 6 25.0 1992 TC 0 18.0 7474 1993 BX3 0 20.8 65717 1993 HA 0 20.0 52381 1994 CN2 1 16.6 136618 1994 UG 1 20.9 1994 VA1 1 18.9 136635 1996 FG3 0 18.0 175706 1996 FO3 1 20.4 1996 GT 0 18.0 65803 Didymos 1996 XB27 0 21.7 225312 1997 UR 6 23.1 1997 WB21 1 20.6 1997 YM9 0 24.6 1998 FG2 0 21.4 85585 Mjolnir 1998 HG49 0 21.7 251732 1998 HL3 0 19.9 152671 1998 KG3 0 22.2 1998 KY26 2 25.6 1998 MW5 2 19.1 1998 SF36 0 19.2 25143 Itokawa 1998 WT30 1 19.6 213053 1998 XN17 2 22.4 1999 AO10 6 23.9 1999 AQ10 0 20.3 208023 1999 BY9 0 17.9 85867 1999 CG9 6 25.2 1999 FN19 2 22.4 1999 FP59 0 18.1 96631 1999 JU3 0 19.2 162173 1999 NA5 0 20.3 264308 1999 NW2 1 23.1 1999 RA32 2 20.9 1999 RQ36 0 20.8 101955 1999 VG22 1 18.6 1999 VX25 6 26.7 1999 XX262 0 17.6 275611 1999 YB 1 18.4 137799 1999 YR14 1 18.8 2000 AE205 1 22.9 2000 CK59 0 24.1 2000 EA14 1 21.0 2000 EE104 0 20.2 138175 2000 FJ10 0 21.0 190491 2000 HA24 0 18.9 138404 2000 LG6 6 29.0 2000 NG11 0 17.5 18109 2000 PH5 0 22.6 54509 YORP 2000 QW7 0 19.5 2000 SG344 2 24.8 2000 SJ344 0 22.6 2000 SS43 7 24.3 2000 SZ162 7 27.1 2000 UK11 3 25.0 2000 YJ11 0 20.4 162783 2001 AE2 0 19.0 138911 2001 AV43 3 24.4 2001 BA16 5 25.8 2001 BB16 6 22.6 2001 CC21 0 18.4 98943 2001 CQ36 1 22.7 2001 FC7 0 18.2 68278 2001 FR85 3 24.5 2001 GP2 6 26.9 2001 JU2 0 19.6 173664 2001 LL5 0 18.9 162911 2001 QC34 0 19.8 2001 QE71 6 24.4 2001 QJ142 6 23.4 2001 SX169 0 18.2 140158 2001 TE2 0 19.9 228502 2001 UP 3 25.7 2001 US16 0 20.2 89136 2001 WC47 0 18.5 141018 2001 WN5 0 18.2 153814 2001 WT1 0 20.1 252558 2002 AA29 0 23.8 2002 AT4 0 20.9 2002 AW 2 20.5 2002 BF25 0 22.5 2002 CD 1 20.3 141424 2002 CZ9 1 21.9 154019 2002 GT 0 18.3 163249 2002 NV16 0 21.4 2002 OA22 1 19.3 2002 RW25 1 18.8 2002 SR 1 21.6 2002 TC70 0 20.8 253062 2002 TD60 0 19.2 2002 TS69 4 24.5 2002 TZ66 3 25.9 2002 XY38 1 22.9 2003 DX10 0 20.2 264993 2003 FF5 0 23.2 2003 GA 0 21.1 2003 GS 0 19.0 2003 GY 0 20.1 2003 HA22 0 19.2 2003 LN6 5 24.5 2003 MA3 0 21.7 154590 2003 MM 4 21.6 2003 QB30 4 26.4 2003 RU11 3 25.6 2003 SD220 1 16.9 163899 2003 SM84 1 22.7 2003 UC20 0 18.1 2003 VO2 1 20.8 2003 WP25 1 24.2 209215 2003 WT153 5 28.0 2003 YN107 0 26.3 2003 YS70 5 28.8 2004 AD 4 24.5 2004 BE86 1 20.9 2004 EO20 2 22.0 2004 EU22 4 23.7 2004 FH 3 26.2 2004 FM17 1 19.2 2004 FM32 6 26.6 2004 HD 7 24.6 2004 HH20 7 25.0 2004 HX53 3 23.3 2004 JN1 6 23.5 2004 KE1 0 21.6 2004 MN4 0 19.7 99942 Apophis 2004 OB 1 18.8 2004 PJ2 0 21.3 2004 QA22 5 27.9 2004 UT1 5 26.4 2004 VJ1 6 24.3 2004 WH1 7 23.8 2004 XK3 0 24.4 2005 BY2 1 20.2 2005 CD69 7 24.1 2005 CN 2 22.8 2005 ER95 6 25.3 2005 EU2 1 23.1 2005 GE60 4 22.1 2005 GK 1 20.2 2005 KA 6 24.7 2005 LC 6 26.8 2005 QP11 3 26.4 2005 QP87 5 27.7 2005 RK3 5 23.6 2005 RN33 1 19.6 2005 TG50 6 24.8 2005 UG5 7 24.4 2005 UQ64 7 24.5 2005 UV64 6 26.6 2005 VL1 6 26.7 2005 VN5 4 27.0 2005 WK56 2 22.5 2005 YR3 1 23.4 2006 BE55 3 21.9 2006 BJ55 6 24.2 2006 BZ147 3 25.4 2006 CT 2 22.4 2006 DN 6 24.5 2006 DQ14 6 27.0 2006 DQ14 6 27.0 2006 FH36 3 22.9 2006 GB 2 20.3 2006 HC 6 25.6 2006 HE2 5 26.5 2006 HW50 6 24.4 2006 HZ5 5 24.6 2006 JY26 3 28.3 2006 KL21 0 20.8 2006 QQ23 2 19.8 2006 QQ56 4 25.9 2006 QV89 6 25.3 2006 RH120 1 29.5 2006 RJ1 3 22.2 2006 SF6 2 19.9 2006 SU49 0 19.5 292220 2006 SY5 3 22.1 2006 TD1 4 21.0 2006 UB17 7 26.3 2006 UP 0 23.1 256004 2006 UQ17 1 21.9 2006 UQ216 6 27.3 2006 WB 3 22.8 2006 XD2 1 21.1 2006 XP4 5 23.9 2006 YF 4 20.9 2007 BB 6 27.8 2007 CS5 6 24.5 2007 DD 2 25.8 2007 HF44 3 19.3 2007 RO17 7 25.7 2007 RQ17 0 22.6 293726 2007 RT12 2 24.0 2007 SQ6 3 21.9 2007 TH3 4 24.6 2007 UN12 4 28.7 2007 UP6 2 22.9 2007 UW1 7 22.7 2007 UY1 2 22.9 2007 VU6 5 26.5 2007 VV83 4 24.8 2007 WA 6 24.7 2007 WZ4 7 24.4 2007 XB23 6 27.1 2007 YF 5 24.8 2007 YJ1 6 25.2 2008 AF3 4 26.4 2008 BT2 5 24.3 2008 CM74 6 28.0 2008 CX118 7 24.4 2008 DG5 0 19.7 2008 DL4 6 26.8 2008 EA9 5 27.7 2008 EV5 0 20.0 2008 EY84 6 26.8 2008 GE1 2 19.4 2008 GM2 5 28.4 2008 HS3 4 21.6 2008 HU4 4 28.2 2008 JG 3 20.9 2008 JL24 3 29.6 2008 KT 4 28.2 2008 MQ1 5 24.2 2008 NP3 0 23.3 2008 ON10 6 24.6 2008 RH1 3 22.6 2008 ST 5 27.1 2008 TS10 7 28.8 2008 TX3 6 24.9 2008 UA202 6 29.4 2008 UB95 2 24.7 2008 WD14 6 22.8 2008 WO2 6 29.8 2008 YS27 4 21.2 2009 BD 1 28.3 2009 BF2 6 25.9 2009 CV 3 24.3 2009 DB43 7 26.5 2009 DO111 2 22.9 2009 FH 4 26.6 2009 HC 4 24.8 2009 HE60 7 25.7 2009 KW2 4 26.7 2009 OS5 5 23.6 2009 QE34 5 23.6 2009 SH2 3 24.9 2009 TD17 6 27.7 2009 TP 6 23.5 2009 UD 4 27.2 2009 UK20 6 26.4 2009 UY19 1 23.4 2009 WR52 6 28.3 2009 YF 6 24.7 2009 YR 5 28.0 2010 FY9 7 26.6 2010 GV23 5 27.6 2010 HA 4 24.0 2010 JK1 5 24.4 2010 JR34 5 27.7 2010 RF12 3 28.4 2010 TE55 3 28.0 2010 UC 5 27.4 2010 UE51 2 28.3 2010 UY7 6 28.5 2010 VC72 7 23.6 2010 VL65 7 28.4 2010 VQ 7 27.7 2010 VQ98 3 28.2 2010 WR7 6 23.5 2010 XF3 5 24.3 2010 XU10 6 27.4 2011 AA37 5 22.8 2011 AM37 7 29.7 2011 AU4 6 25.8 2011 BL45 6 27.2 2011 BP40 7 25.4 2011 BQ50 6 28.3 2011 CG2 3 21.5 2011 CE22 8 25.4 2011 CL50 6 27.6 2011 FS9 7 23.6 2011 MD 2 28.1 2011 MQ3 5 24.8 2011 PU1 5 25.1 2011 QS49 6 24.2 #end