13362 (1998 UQ16) is a large asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit around the sun. NASA JPL has not classified 1998 UQ16 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
1998 UQ16 orbits the sun every 4,300 days (11.77 years), coming as close as 5.03 AU and reaching as far as 5.33 AU from the sun. 1998 UQ16 is about 28.3 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Indianapolis.
The rotation of 1998 UQ16 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 15.13 hours.
1998 UQ16's orbit is 4.04 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 UQ16's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Jan. 31, 1989. It was last officially observed on March 28, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 2,517 observations used to determine its orbit.
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