2010 JV34

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 (0.23 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 8,872,334 km of Earth in 2037
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2010 JV34 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2010 JV34 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2010 JV34 orbits the sun every 826 days (2.26 years), coming as close as 0.79 AU and reaching as far as 2.66 AU from the sun. 2010 JV34 is about 0.2 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, comparable in size to a football field.

The rotation of 2010 JV34 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 2.78 hours.

Close Approaches

2010 JV34'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 JV34 has 10 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Oct. 16, 2037 8,872,334 15.599
May 16, 2053 18,890,481 18.290
June 12, 2062 23,856,055 10.965
Oct. 2, 2080 19,601,986 11.505
Oct. 25, 2089 26,870,335 19.860
May 25, 2105 6,434,805 14.738
Oct. 19, 2132 10,057,558 16.224
May 17, 2148 19,764,791 18.424
June 17, 2157 26,072,477 10.824
Oct. 15, 2175 7,925,610 14.153

Images and Observations

2010 JV34's orbit is determined by observations dating back to May 8, 2010. It was last officially observed on Oct. 10, 2019. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 357 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: 1.723 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5439
  • Inclination: 7.21°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 225.32°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 87.04°
  • Mean Anomaly: 297.12°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.22600 km
  • Magnitude: 20.85
  • Albedo: 0.165

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 826 days (2.26 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 22.69 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.66 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.79 AU
  • Rotation Period: 2.78 hours

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Size Rendering

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