2007 TS19

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 10,293,233 km of Earth in 2042
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2007 TS19 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2007 TS19 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2007 TS19 orbits the sun every 412 days (1.13 years), coming as close as 0.54 AU and reaching as far as 1.63 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2007 TS19 is probably between 0.192 to 0.429 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2007 TS19's orbit is 0.03 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2007 TS19 has 13 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Oct. 21, 2042 10,293,233 18.651
Oct. 26, 2051 16,749,954 14.218
May 24, 2054 29,864,145 16.037
Oct. 19, 2077 14,447,604 19.471
Oct. 25, 2086 14,112,670 14.660
Oct. 18, 2112 21,392,376 20.825
Oct. 24, 2121 4,963,739 16.599
Oct. 27, 2130 24,939,008 12.970
May 29, 2133 29,763,551 17.071
Oct. 20, 2165 17,720,749 20.076
Oct. 23, 2174 7,634,042 18.029
Oct. 24, 2183 4,794,975 17.060
Oct. 24, 2192 5,069,922 16.625

Images and Observations

2007 TS19's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Oct. 10, 2007. It was last officially observed on Nov. 2, 2016. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 292 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: 1.084 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5003
  • Inclination: 15.63°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 24.15°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 118.07°
  • Mean Anomaly: 334.73°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.247 km
  • Magnitude: 20.71

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 412 days (1.13 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 28.62 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.63 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.54 AU

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Size Rendering

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