Pettengill is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Pettengill as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Pettengill orbits the sun every 1,170 days (3.20 years), coming as close as 1.74 AU and reaching as far as 2.59 AU from the sun. Pettengill is about 5.8 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
The rotation of Pettengill has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 4.78 hours.
Pettengill's spectral type None (Tholen) / S (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain and .
Pettengill's orbit is 0.73 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.
Pettengill's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 26, 1906. It was last officially observed on May 21, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,796 observations used to determine its orbit.
The position of Pettengill is indicated by a ◯ pink circle. Note that the object may not be in your current field of view. Use the controls below to adjust position, location, and time.
The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Pettengill 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.