Child is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Child as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Child orbits the sun every 1,560 days (4.27 years), coming as close as 2.36 AU and reaching as far as 2.91 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Child is probably between 9.259 to 20.703 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
The rotation of Child has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 4.18 hours.
Child's orbit is 1.37 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.
Child's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 15, 1952. It was last officially observed on July 4, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,887 observations used to determine its orbit.
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