Near-Earth object / ID: 2068346
68346 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 1.1km - 2.5km across. It has been followed since 1979-12-28 across 1249 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2040-Nov-10 11:02, passing at 22.167 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
0.039 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
14.07 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
22.167 LD
Miss distance (km)
8,524,584 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.880 AU
Aphelion
2.135 AU
Orbital period
676.1 days
Inclination
16.695°
Eccentricity
0.417
Semi-major axis
1.508 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
1.1km - 2.5km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
16.9 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
1,249