2013 QM10

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 28,178,166 km of Earth in 2026
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2013 QM10 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2013 QM10 as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent likelihood of future collision.

2013 QM10 orbits the sun every 474 days (1.30 years), coming as close as 0.99 AU and reaching as far as 1.39 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2013 QM10 is probably between 0.022 to 0.098 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2013 QM10's orbit is 0.06 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 QM10 has 17 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Sept. 15, 2026 28,178,166 8.624
Sept. 25, 2048 10,357,507 3.405
Sept. 16, 2061 26,066,234 8.210
Sept. 27, 2083 14,456,707 2.856
Dec. 16, 2083 14,465,347 3.331
Sept. 21, 2096 11,755,573 5.196
Jan. 15, 2097 22,337,046 2.980
Sept. 2, 2118 24,428,726 2.964
Dec. 23, 2118 19,484,756 5.754
Sept. 25, 2131 9,512,978 4.369
Jan. 5, 2132 19,152,504 2.491
Sept. 6, 2153 23,060,519 2.894
Dec. 23, 2153 18,213,296 5.423
Sept. 24, 2166 11,652,921 5.133
Jan. 17, 2167 22,025,335 2.972
Sept. 27, 2188 12,231,684 3.081
Dec. 16, 2188 14,402,765 2.737

Images and Observations

2013 QM10's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 27, 2013. It was last officially observed on Feb. 6, 2014. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 91 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

2013 QM10 can be reached with a journey of 370 days. This trajectory would require a delta-v of 8.422 km/s. To put this into perspective, the delta-v to launch a rocket to Low-Earth Orbit is 9.7 km/s. There are 23,593 potential trajectories and launch windows to this asteroid.

See more at the NHATS Mission Trajectories table for 2013 QM10.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.189 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.1651
  • Inclination: 5.57°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 333.46°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 75.76°
  • Mean Anomaly: 210.9°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.060 km
  • Magnitude: 24.49

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 474 days (1.30 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 27.29 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.39 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.99 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2013 QM10 to create an approximate landscape rendering with New York City in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.