Christy Carol is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Christy Carol as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Christy Carol orbits the sun every 1,480 days (4.05 years), coming as close as 2.13 AU and reaching as far as 2.95 AU from the sun. Christy Carol is about 11.4 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
The rotation of Christy Carol has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 12.79 hours.
Christy Carol's spectral type None (Tholen) / S (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain and .
Christy Carol's orbit is 1.16 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.
Christy Carol's orbit is determined by observations dating back to June 6, 1950. It was last officially observed on July 4, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,955 observations used to determine its orbit.
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