Iphigenia is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Iphigenia as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Iphigenia orbits the sun every 1,390 days (3.81 years), coming as close as 2.12 AU and reaching as far as 2.75 AU from the sun. Iphigenia is about 69.8 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
The rotation of Iphigenia has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 31.47 hours.
Iphigenia's spectral type DCX (Tholen) / Ch (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain water, iron, nickel, cobalt, nitrogen, and ammonia.
Iphigenia's orbit is 1.11 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.
Iphigenia's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 21, 1870. It was last officially observed on April 1, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,727 observations used to determine its orbit.
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
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