Makharadze is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Makharadze as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Makharadze orbits the sun every 1,410 days (3.86 years), coming as close as 2.00 AU and reaching as far as 2.92 AU from the sun. Makharadze is about 17.2 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Philadelphia.
The rotation of Makharadze has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 11.98 hours.
Makharadze's spectral type F (Tholen) / None (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain water, iron, nickel, cobalt, nitrogen, and ammonia.
Makharadze's orbit is 0.99 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a very wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Makharadze's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 5, 1924. It was last officially observed on May 21, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,998 observations used to determine its orbit.
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