von Steuben is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified von Steuben as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
von Steuben orbits the sun every 1,400 days (3.83 years), coming as close as 1.93 AU and reaching as far as 2.96 AU from the sun. von Steuben is about 4.8 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
von Steuben's orbit is 0.96 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.
von Steuben's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Jan. 19, 1991. It was last officially observed on June 30, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 2,616 observations used to determine its orbit.
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The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of von Steuben to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.