Beira is a large asteroid with an orbit that crosses the orbit of Mars. NASA JPL has not classified Beira as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Beira orbits the sun every 1,650 days (4.52 years), coming as close as 1.40 AU and reaching as far as 4.07 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Beira is probably between 8.801 to 19.681 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
The rotation of Beira has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 4.18 hours.
Beira's spectral type FX (Tholen) / B (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain hydrogen, nitrogen, ammonia, and iron.
Beira's orbit is 0.64 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.
Beira's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 20, 1935. It was last officially observed on May 19, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 2,237 observations used to determine its orbit.
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