Herrick is a large asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the outer reaches of the main asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Herrick as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Herrick orbits the sun every 2,320 days (6.35 years), coming as close as 3.00 AU and reaching as far as 3.87 AU from the sun. Herrick is about 46.9 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
The rotation of Herrick has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 21.33 hours.
Herrick's spectral type F (Tholen) / None (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain water, iron, nickel, cobalt, nitrogen, and ammonia.
Herrick's orbit is 2.03 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.
Herrick's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Oct. 9, 1929. It was last officially observed on July 3, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,966 observations used to determine its orbit.
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