page_title: (481394) 2006 SF6
hierarchical_section_title: (481394) 2006 SF6
caption_attribution_description: English: en:2006 SF6
context_page_description: (481394) 2006 SF₆ is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group, approximately 300 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 17 September 2006, by the Catalina Sky Survey at Catalina Station in Arizona. On 21 November 2019, it passed Earth at a distance of 11 lunar distances, which is the object's closest flyby for centuries. The stony A/S-type asteroid is highly elongated in shape and has a rotation period of 11.5 hours.
context_section_description: (481394) 2006 SF₆ is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group, approximately 300 meters (1,000 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 September 2006, by the Catalina Sky Survey at Catalina Station in Arizona. On 21 November 2019, it passed Earth at a distance of 11 lunar distances (0.0288 AU), which is the object's closest flyby for centuries. The stony A/S-type asteroid is highly elongated in shape and has a rotation period of 11.5 hours.
caption: Orbital diagram of 2006 SF6
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