41429 (2000 GE2)

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 (0.20 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 28,459,041 km of Earth in 2030
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

41429 (2000 GE2) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2000 GE2 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2000 GE2 orbits the sun every 734 days (2.01 years), coming as close as 0.71 AU and reaching as far as 2.48 AU from the sun. 2000 GE2 is about 0.2 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2000 GE2's orbit is 0.01 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.

2000 GE2 has 22 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Sept. 9, 2030 28,459,041 11.438
Sept. 18, 2032 21,050,861 12.164
Sept. 25, 2034 13,203,285 13.548
Sept. 28, 2036 7,359,581 14.704
Oct. 1, 2038 2,444,579 15.783
Oct. 1, 2040 1,969,601 15.897
Sept. 30, 2042 4,259,561 15.333
Sept. 26, 2044 10,997,019 13.983
Sept. 21, 2046 18,710,314 12.510
Sept. 11, 2048 27,048,949 11.442
May 10, 2074 27,756,710 11.365
May 3, 2076 23,114,476 11.814
April 28, 2078 17,225,751 12.827
April 24, 2080 11,955,357 13.842
April 22, 2082 7,343,548 14.818
April 19, 2084 4,593,620 15.506
April 19, 2086 3,678,434 15.839
April 18, 2088 3,545,476 16.249
April 17, 2090 5,154,928 16.862
April 14, 2092 9,650,147 17.873
April 12, 2094 17,012,622 19.390
April 9, 2096 25,270,306 21.068

Images and Observations

2000 GE2's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 25, 1998. It was last officially observed on Nov. 26, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 384 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: 1.593 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5553
  • Inclination: 2.17°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 351.91°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 297.22°
  • Mean Anomaly: 206.75°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.20400 km
  • Magnitude: 20.66
  • Albedo: 0.267

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 734 days (2.01 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 23.61 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.48 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.71 AU

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Size Rendering

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