2014 FO47

Very small Interior-Earth Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Interior-Earth Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 25,865,965 km of Earth in 2029
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 FO47 is a very small asteroid with an orbit that is entirely confined within Earth's orbit. NASA JPL has classified 2014 FO47 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2014 FO47 orbits the sun every 238 days (0.65 years), coming as close as 0.55 AU and reaching as far as 0.96 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2014 FO47 is probably between 0.233 to 0.520 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 90% of asteroids but tiny compared to large asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2014 FO47'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.

2014 FO47 has 24 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
March 15, 2029 25,865,965 10.918
March 17, 2031 13,207,709 11.252
March 14, 2044 26,832,911 11.016
March 17, 2046 12,584,941 11.160
March 15, 2059 25,226,610 10.869
March 17, 2061 14,355,294 11.397
March 16, 2074 21,581,581 10.527
March 16, 2076 17,955,125 11.871
March 16, 2089 17,551,267 10.274
March 17, 2091 22,089,717 12.488
March 17, 2104 14,475,086 10.134
March 17, 2106 25,332,080 12.968
March 18, 2119 13,248,243 10.110
March 17, 2121 26,268,845 13.129
March 18, 2134 14,387,636 10.141
March 17, 2136 24,640,019 12.850
March 17, 2149 17,469,652 10.276
March 18, 2151 21,168,493 12.330
March 16, 2164 21,598,466 10.560
March 18, 2166 16,929,284 11.712
March 17, 2179 25,207,001 10.903
March 18, 2181 13,680,257 11.286
March 16, 2194 26,699,738 11.066
March 18, 2196 12,473,952 11.127

Images and Observations

2014 FO47's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 30, 2014. It was last officially observed on Nov. 7, 2021. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 47 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: 2460000.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.7521 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.2712
  • Inclination: 19.2°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 358.64°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 347.48°
  • Mean Anomaly: 78.42°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.300 km
  • Magnitude: 20.29

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 238 days (0.65 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 34.38 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 0.96 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.55 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2014 FO47 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.