(65407) 2002 RP120 (also written (65407) 2002 RP120) holds the distinction of being the most eccentric of the numbered asteroids (as of July 2004). It is also a member of the very exclusive group of retrograde asteroids which has only two numbered members (the other one is 20461 Dioretsa).
apoapsis (km)
1.59636e+13
average speed (km/s)
14328.0
orbital period (μ)
1.27289e+10
periapsis (km)
3.68908e+11, 3.69948e+11
temperature (K)
37.0
absolute magnitude
12.113
albedo
0.098
discovery date
2002-09-04
discoverer
Brian A. Skiff, Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
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