2010 FF10

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 school bus or smaller (0.10 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 14,009,729 km of Earth in 2021
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2010 FF10 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2010 FF10 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2010 FF10 orbits the sun every 1,340 days (3.67 years), coming as close as 0.88 AU and reaching as far as 3.88 AU from the sun. 2010 FF10 is about 0.1 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2010 FF10's orbit is 0.04 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.

2010 FF10 has 9 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
May 10, 2021 14,009,729 12.109
May 31, 2032 21,408,543 11.112
Aug. 14, 2043 6,374,910 13.794
April 22, 2091 23,483,653 17.575
July 25, 2102 15,394,800 10.989
April 30, 2161 17,181,102 15.497
June 4, 2172 22,531,718 11.319
June 19, 2183 24,374,595 11.486
July 10, 2194 21,865,815 11.260

Images and Observations

2010 FF10's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 20, 2010. It was last officially observed on May 2, 2021. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 197 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: 2.379 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6316
  • Inclination: 5.08°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 166.09°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 105.35°
  • Mean Anomaly: 221.48°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.09500 km
  • Magnitude: 21.8
  • Albedo: 0.407

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 1,340 days (3.67 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 19.31 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 3.88 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.88 AU

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Size Rendering

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