Elvira is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Elvira as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Elvira orbits the sun every 1,790 days (4.90 years), coming as close as 2.62 AU and reaching as far as 3.15 AU from the sun. Elvira is about 30.4 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Indianapolis.
The rotation of Elvira has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 29.69 hours.
Elvira's orbit is 1.62 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.
Elvira's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 8, 1899. It was last officially observed on Feb. 19, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,178 observations used to determine its orbit.
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
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