2023 KQ5

Small Interior-Earth Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Interior-Earth Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Will pass within 23,036,104 km of Earth in 2023
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2023 KQ5 is a small asteroid with an orbit that is entirely confined within Earth's orbit. NASA JPL has classified 2023 KQ5 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.

2023 KQ5 orbits the sun every 297 days (0.81 years), coming as close as 0.80 AU and reaching as far as 0.94 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2023 KQ5 is probably between 0.477 to 1.067 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

2023 KQ5's orbit is 0.09 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.

2023 KQ5 has 24 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
May 1, 2023 23,036,104 33.540
April 22, 2032 17,426,556 33.140
April 29, 2045 17,491,805 33.328
Oct. 31, 2049 27,221,871 35.605
April 21, 2054 23,297,501 33.244
April 28, 2067 13,572,632 33.190
Oct. 30, 2071 26,223,928 35.617
April 18, 2076 29,338,374 33.406
April 25, 2089 12,620,940 33.119
Oct. 27, 2093 27,054,150 35.692
May 4, 2102 26,275,154 33.671
April 25, 2111 15,226,269 33.110
Oct. 26, 2115 29,718,265 35.839
May 1, 2124 20,287,553 33.427
Nov. 3, 2128 28,665,294 35.625
April 23, 2133 20,157,003 33.174
April 30, 2146 15,168,570 33.243
Nov. 1, 2150 26,603,872 35.598
April 22, 2155 26,045,949 33.306
April 27, 2168 12,571,798 33.137
Oct. 29, 2172 26,479,947 35.644
May 5, 2181 29,407,065 33.816
April 26, 2190 13,415,942 33.105
Oct. 27, 2194 28,222,175 35.755

Images and Observations

2023 KQ5's orbit is determined by observations dating back to June 8, 2014. It was last officially observed on July 9, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 55 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: 0.8722 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.0771
  • Inclination: 67.43°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 215.67°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 219.18°
  • Mean Anomaly: 293.13°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.616 km
  • Magnitude: 18.73

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 297 days (0.81 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 31.95 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 0.94 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.80 AU

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Size Rendering

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