Shenzhen is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Shenzhen as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Shenzhen orbits the sun every 1,900 days (5.20 years), coming as close as 2.73 AU and reaching as far as 3.28 AU from the sun. Shenzhen is about 18.7 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Philadelphia.
The rotation of Shenzhen has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 14.72 hours.
Shenzhen's orbit is 1.73 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.
Shenzhen's orbit is determined by observations dating back to June 15, 1950. It was last officially observed on July 5, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,793 observations used to determine its orbit.
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
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