2017 RV

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 basketball court
  • Will pass within 12,932,492 km of Earth in 2020
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2017 RV is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2017 RV as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2017 RV orbits the sun every 495 days (1.36 years), coming as close as 0.47 AU and reaching as far as 1.98 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2017 RV is probably between 0.109 to 0.244 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a basketball court.

Close Approaches

2017 RV's orbit is 0.00 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2017 RV has 19 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Jan. 3, 2020 12,932,492 17.574
Aug. 25, 2021 28,417,385 25.599
Aug. 11, 2040 21,248,535 15.817
Jan. 4, 2043 15,427,497 17.034
Aug. 25, 2044 26,872,669 25.289
Dec. 26, 2065 18,441,276 23.458
Aug. 16, 2067 4,410,135 19.070
Jan. 7, 2070 28,693,270 14.320
Dec. 24, 2092 22,165,276 24.263
Aug. 15, 2094 10,081,748 17.965
Jan. 5, 2097 21,454,005 15.761
Dec. 30, 2123 11,413,655 21.880
Aug. 19, 2125 983,328 20.098
Dec. 27, 2146 22,216,458 24.273
Aug. 17, 2148 7,471,582 18.456
Jan. 9, 2151 27,105,282 14.610
Dec. 29, 2173 15,744,810 22.871
Aug. 19, 2175 1,845,366 19.561
Jan. 9, 2178 27,252,443 14.594

Images and Observations

2017 RV's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 10, 2013. It was last officially observed on Jan. 3, 2020. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 77 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: 1.224 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6147
  • Inclination: 3.01°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 329.15°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 241.34°
  • Mean Anomaly: 221.97°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.141 km
  • Magnitude: 21.93

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 495 days (1.36 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 26.90 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.98 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.47 AU

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Sky Map

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2017 RV 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.