Snyder is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Snyder as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Snyder orbits the sun every 1,940 days (5.31 years), coming as close as 2.98 AU and reaching as far as 3.10 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Snyder is probably between 9.344 to 20.895 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
The rotation of Snyder has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 2.74 hours.
Snyder's orbit is 1.96 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.
Snyder's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 20, 1955. It was last officially observed on June 28, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,496 observations used to determine its orbit.
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