2013 NJ10

Small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Will pass within 25,516,608 km of Earth in 2028
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2013 NJ10 is a small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2013 NJ10 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2013 NJ10 orbits the sun every 748 days (2.05 years), coming as close as 0.88 AU and reaching as far as 2.35 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2013 NJ10 is probably between 0.576 to 1.288 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than ~97% of asteroids but small compared to large asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Close Approaches

2013 NJ10's orbit is 0.05 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.

2013 NJ10 has 13 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Nov. 15, 2028 25,516,608 14.948
Dec. 28, 2030 14,379,824 8.936
March 8, 2033 18,225,155 10.652
Nov. 21, 2071 17,796,190 13.348
Jan. 9, 2074 16,975,760 8.989
March 13, 2076 20,326,444 11.689
Nov. 20, 2114 21,261,311 14.125
Jan. 5, 2117 16,070,556 8.932
March 13, 2119 19,072,276 11.115
Dec. 6, 2157 6,536,181 10.042
Feb. 17, 2160 18,240,106 8.805
Nov. 18, 2196 24,276,267 14.761
Jan. 8, 2199 16,595,136 8.970

Images and Observations

2013 NJ10's orbit is determined by observations dating back to July 4, 2013. It was last officially observed on Oct. 27, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 54 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: 1.613 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.4572
  • Inclination: 7.04°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 90.71°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 25.17°
  • Mean Anomaly: 150.94°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.744 km
  • Magnitude: 18.32

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 748 days (2.05 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 23.46 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.35 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.88 AU

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Size Rendering

The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2013 NJ10 to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.