Near-Earth object / ID: 2016960
16960 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 3.6km - 8.1km across. It has been followed since 1983-06-14 across 3538 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2033-Apr-18 19:13, passing at 621.646 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
0.018 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
8.22 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
621.646 LD
Miss distance (km)
239,066,523 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.310 AU
Aphelion
4.091 AU
Orbital period
1192.3 days
Inclination
17.515°
Eccentricity
0.859
Semi-major axis
2.201 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
3.6km - 8.1km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
14.3 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
3,538