2007 ED125

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 4,492,299 km of Earth in 2023
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2007 ED125 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2007 ED125 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2007 ED125 orbits the sun every 973 days (2.66 years), coming as close as 0.80 AU and reaching as far as 3.04 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2007 ED125 is probably between 0.157 to 0.352 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

The rotation of 2007 ED125 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 5.62 hours.

Close Approaches

2007 ED125's orbit is 0.01 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2007 ED125 has 15 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
March 3, 2023 4,492,299 13.064
Feb. 22, 2031 13,825,836 11.387
Feb. 16, 2039 17,739,332 10.914
Feb. 1, 2047 24,174,006 11.017
Jan. 15, 2055 28,169,279 11.614
Jan. 3, 2063 28,645,902 11.644
Dec. 12, 2070 26,008,821 11.101
Nov. 15, 2078 14,848,303 11.430
Nov. 5, 2086 7,754,393 13.506
Oct. 28, 2094 15,782,362 16.635
March 21, 2156 26,622,827 19.224
March 14, 2164 10,985,724 16.050
March 7, 2172 1,782,447 13.541
Dec. 31, 2179 28,751,334 11.638
Nov. 3, 2187 10,126,865 14.964

Images and Observations

2007 ED125's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 14, 2007. It was last officially observed on April 23, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 325 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.921 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5844
  • Inclination: 3.78°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 173.28°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 290.36°
  • Mean Anomaly: 86.42°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.203 km
  • Magnitude: 21.14

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 973 days (2.66 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 21.48 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 3.04 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.80 AU
  • Rotation Period: 5.62 hours

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Size Rendering

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