Reinmuthia is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Reinmuthia as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Reinmuthia orbits the sun every 1,890 days (5.17 years), coming as close as 2.69 AU and reaching as far as 3.31 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Reinmuthia is probably between 19.886 to 44.467 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the city of Indianapolis.
The rotation of Reinmuthia has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 4.01 hours.
Reinmuthia's orbit is 1.69 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is an extremely wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Reinmuthia's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Feb. 11, 1927. It was last officially observed on July 4, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,246 observations used to determine its orbit.
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
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