Comas Sola is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Comas Sola as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Comas Sola orbits the sun every 1,700 days (4.65 years), coming as close as 2.14 AU and reaching as far as 3.43 AU from the sun. Comas Sola is about 35.9 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Los Angeles.
The rotation of Comas Sola has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 20.46 hours.
Comas Sola's spectral type XFU (Tholen) / B (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain hydrogen, nitrogen, ammonia, and iron.
Comas Sola's orbit is 1.16 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.
Comas Sola's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 5, 1901. It was last officially observed on June 14, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,969 observations used to determine its orbit.
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