2000 DG8 is a large asteroid with an orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA JPL has not classified 2000 DG8 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
2000 DG8 orbits the sun every 12,900 days (35.32 years), coming as close as 2.25 AU and reaching as far as 19.31 AU from the sun. Its orbit is highly elliptical. 2000 DG8 is about 15.6 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Philadelphia.
2000 DG8's orbit is 1.40 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.
2000 DG8's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Feb. 25, 2000. It was last officially observed on Feb. 1, 2001. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 130 observations used to determine its orbit.
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