Near-Earth object / ID: 2068548
68548 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 1.3km - 2.9km across. It has been followed since 1994-04-06 across 1389 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2052-Aug-03 16:23, passing at 42.731 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
0.025 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
14.18 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
42.731 LD
Miss distance (km)
16,432,998 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.962 AU
Aphelion
2.453 AU
Orbital period
814.9 days
Inclination
22.715°
Eccentricity
0.437
Semi-major axis
1.707 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
1.3km - 2.9km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
16.6 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
1,389