Near-Earth object / ID: 2159504
159504 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 - 2.4km across. It has been followed since 2000-11-27 across 758 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2051-Nov-10 15:25, passing at 653.788 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
3.59 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
653.788 LD
Miss distance (km)
251,427,423 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.932 AU
Aphelion
3.935 AU
Orbital period
1386.8 days
Inclination
9.690°
Eccentricity
0.617
Semi-major axis
2.434 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
1.1km - 2.4km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
17.0 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
758