11396 (1998 XZ77) is a large asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit around the sun. NASA JPL has not classified 1998 XZ77 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
1998 XZ77 orbits the sun every 4,350 days (11.91 years), coming as close as 4.88 AU and reaching as far as 5.55 AU from the sun. 1998 XZ77 is about 37.1 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Houston.
1998 XZ77's orbit is 3.88 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.
1998 XZ77's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 5, 1951. It was last officially observed on March 25, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,011 observations used to determine its orbit.
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