21595 (1998 WJ5) is a large asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit around the sun. NASA JPL has not classified 1998 WJ5 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
1998 WJ5 orbits the sun every 4,340 days (11.88 years), coming as close as 4.50 AU and reaching as far as 5.92 AU from the sun. 1998 WJ5 is about 35.2 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Los Angeles.
1998 WJ5's orbit is 3.62 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is an extremely 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.
1998 WJ5's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 18, 1982. It was last officially observed on April 19, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 2,776 observations used to determine its orbit.
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