Near-Earth object / ID: 2162687
162687 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 473m - 1.1km across. It has been followed since 2000-10-18 across 431 recorded observations. Its next approach to Earth is 2096-Jan-03 14:04, passing at 67.676 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
0.035 AU
Orbit uncertainty
0 / 9 (well determined)
Sentry monitoring
Not on the Sentry risk list
Orbital parameters
Next closest approach
Date
Relative velocity
11.98 km/s
Miss distance (lunar)
67.676 LD
Miss distance (km)
26,026,316 km
Physical characteristics
Perihelion
0.855 AU
Aphelion
2.895 AU
Orbital period
937.8 days
Inclination
14.772°
Eccentricity
0.544
Semi-major axis
1.875 AU
Est. diameter (min–max)
473m - 1.1km
Log scale · 1m – 100km
Absolute magnitude
18.8 H
Orbit class
APO
Observations used
431