455184 (2000 ED14)

Very small Aten-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 5,934,662 km of Earth in 2029
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

455184 (2000 ED14) is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2000 ED14 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2000 ED14 orbits the sun every 279 days (0.76 years), coming as close as 0.36 AU and reaching as far as 1.31 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2000 ED14 is probably between 0.151 to 0.337 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2000 ED14'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.

2000 ED14 has 15 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
March 16, 2029 5,934,662 18.572
March 17, 2045 14,716,237 15.588
March 15, 2058 10,947,353 19.967
March 17, 2074 10,151,774 16.440
March 14, 2087 15,188,188 20.901
March 14, 2090 29,014,226 13.651
March 19, 2103 7,423,585 17.020
March 14, 2116 17,022,739 21.314
March 16, 2119 27,188,009 13.829
March 18, 2132 8,190,398 16.833
March 16, 2145 13,212,368 20.499
March 19, 2161 13,300,229 15.807
March 17, 2174 7,406,046 19.147
March 13, 2187 28,405,797 23.770
March 19, 2190 17,328,767 15.103

Images and Observations

2000 ED14's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 4, 2000. It was last officially observed on Feb. 5, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 164 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: 0.835 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5666
  • Inclination: 13.78°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 3.87°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 310.13°
  • Mean Anomaly: 205.49°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.195 km
  • Magnitude: 21.23

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 279 days (0.76 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 32.56 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.31 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.36 AU

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Size Rendering

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