Near-Earth object / ID: 2020236
20236 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 760m - 1.7km across. It has been followed since 1998-01-24 across 368 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2027-Jun-12 11:03, passing at 26.322 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
0.050 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
11.06 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
26.322 LD
Miss distance (km)
10,122,769 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.893 AU
Aphelion
3.174 AU
Orbital period
1059.1 days
Inclination
6.507°
Eccentricity
0.561
Semi-major axis
2.033 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
760m - 1.7km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
17.7 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
368