Near-Earth object / ID: 2052768
52768 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 1.7km - 3.7km across. It has been followed since 1987-06-30 across 6136 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2031-May-18 06:56, passing at 49.447 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
0.007 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
11.60 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
49.447 LD
Miss distance (km)
19,015,956 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
1.009 AU
Aphelion
3.749 AU
Orbital period
1340.4 days
Inclination
5.880°
Eccentricity
0.576
Semi-major axis
2.379 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
1.7km - 3.7km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
16.0 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
6,136