Near-Earth object / ID: 2004450
4450 Pan is a near-Earth object of the APO orbit class — Near-Earth asteroid orbits which cross the Earth’s orbit similar to that of 1862 Apollo. Radar and photometric estimates put it between 934m - 2.1km across. It has been followed since 1937-02-06 across 1598 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2029-Feb-19 14:08, passing at 37.788 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
0.029 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
21.28 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
37.788 LD
Miss distance (km)
14,532,303 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.596 AU
Aphelion
2.288 AU
Orbital period
632.6 days
Inclination
5.524°
Eccentricity
0.587
Semi-major axis
1.442 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
934m - 2.1km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
17.3 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
1,598