357622 (2005 EY95)

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 16,785,052 km of Earth in 2023
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

357622 (2005 EY95) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2005 EY95 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2005 EY95 orbits the sun every 412 days (1.13 years), coming as close as 0.50 AU and reaching as far as 1.67 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2005 EY95 is probably between 0.229 to 0.513 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

The rotation of 2005 EY95 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 3.93 hours.

Close Approaches

2005 EY95's orbit is 0.04 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2005 EY95 has 19 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
March 14, 2023 16,785,052 19.518
July 13, 2028 27,601,822 21.971
July 20, 2037 7,114,227 17.347
July 24, 2046 17,686,805 13.432
March 7, 2058 14,877,529 14.110
March 13, 2067 12,872,696 18.576
July 19, 2081 8,498,386 17.772
July 24, 2090 16,554,374 13.658
March 9, 2102 15,841,465 13.875
March 14, 2111 11,518,705 18.217
July 20, 2125 11,415,680 18.508
July 25, 2134 12,054,973 14.578
March 8, 2146 21,206,287 12.724
March 13, 2155 8,231,451 16.862
March 18, 2164 25,113,674 21.358
July 17, 2169 20,034,180 20.367
July 23, 2178 6,291,674 16.402
July 27, 2187 20,244,706 12.923
March 9, 2199 17,478,024 13.505

Images and Observations

2005 EY95's orbit is determined by observations dating back to June 4, 2002. It was last officially observed on April 27, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 319 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.084 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5384
  • Inclination: 3.17°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 72.86°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 342.13°
  • Mean Anomaly: 208.1°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.296 km
  • Magnitude: 20.32

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 412 days (1.13 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 28.62 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.67 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.50 AU
  • Rotation Period: 3.93 hours

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Size Rendering

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