Thyra is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Thyra as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Thyra orbits the sun every 1,340 days (3.67 years), coming as close as 1.92 AU and reaching as far as 2.84 AU from the sun. Thyra is about 79.8 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Delaware.
The rotation of Thyra has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 7.24 hours.
Thyra's spectral type S (Tholen) / S (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain and .
Thyra's orbit is 0.97 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a very 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.
Thyra's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 25, 1872. It was last officially observed on May 7, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 5,834 observations used to determine its orbit.
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
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