2015 BR510

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 22,963,893 km of Earth in 2025
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2015 BR510 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2015 BR510 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.

2015 BR510 orbits the sun every 402 days (1.10 years), coming as close as 0.91 AU and reaching as far as 1.23 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2015 BR510 is probably between 0.232 to 0.518 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2015 BR510's orbit is 0.07 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.

2015 BR510 has 19 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Aug. 9, 2025 22,963,893 14.694
Aug. 11, 2036 18,198,363 14.246
Aug. 13, 2047 15,985,230 14.046
Aug. 13, 2058 15,864,527 14.034
Aug. 12, 2069 18,106,524 14.241
Aug. 9, 2080 22,750,016 14.681
Aug. 6, 2091 29,184,144 15.349
Feb. 9, 2126 27,822,077 13.157
Feb. 10, 2137 26,004,317 12.885
Sept. 5, 2147 27,621,405 13.327
Feb. 12, 2148 25,287,363 12.718
Sept. 2, 2158 24,397,372 13.224
Feb. 12, 2159 25,192,382 12.628
Sept. 1, 2169 22,595,762 13.182
Feb. 13, 2170 25,299,817 12.585
Sept. 1, 2180 22,250,628 13.172
Feb. 13, 2181 25,332,607 12.579
Sept. 2, 2191 23,511,277 13.197
Feb. 13, 2192 25,287,065 12.614

Images and Observations

2015 BR510's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 9, 2014. It was last officially observed on Feb. 10, 2016. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 93 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: 1.066 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.15
  • Inclination: 23.99°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 148.43°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 224.6°
  • Mean Anomaly: 59.76°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.299 km
  • Magnitude: 20.3

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 402 days (1.10 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 28.85 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.23 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.91 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2015 BR510 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.