Near-Earth object / ID: 2003362
3362 Khufu is a near-Earth object of the ATE orbit class — Near-Earth asteroid orbits similar to that of 2062 Aten. Radar and photometric estimates put it between 525m - 1.2km across. It has been followed since 1984-08-30 across 262 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2040-Sep-09 15:58, passing at 189.217 LD. JPL classifies it as a potentially hazardous asteroid, a label driven by its size and how close its orbit comes to ours — not by a predicted impact.
Data source: NASA NeoWs API
Visualization: mesh render
Hazard analysis
PHA status
Potentially hazardous
Min. orbit intersection
0.013 AU
Orbit uncertainty
1 / 9
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
30.00 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
189.217 LD
Miss distance (km)
72,767,266 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.526 AU
Aphelion
1.453 AU
Orbital period
359.5 days
Inclination
9.916°
Eccentricity
0.468
Semi-major axis
0.989 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
525m - 1.2km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
18.5 H
Orbit class
ATE
Observations used
262