465824 (2010 FR)

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 basketball court
  • Will pass within 7,412,880 km of Earth in 2020
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

465824 (2010 FR) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2010 FR as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2010 FR orbits the sun every 439 days (1.20 years), coming as close as 0.72 AU and reaching as far as 1.54 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2010 FR is probably between 0.122 to 0.273 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a basketball court.

Close Approaches

2010 FR's orbit is 0.01 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2010 FR has 18 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Sept. 6, 2020 7,412,880 14.042
Sept. 11, 2026 7,757,632 11.593
Sept. 19, 2032 27,243,921 8.909
March 4, 2063 17,278,408 10.295
March 11, 2069 3,016,323 13.143
Sept. 4, 2073 13,465,639 15.075
March 20, 2075 26,884,332 17.553
Sept. 13, 2079 9,951,447 11.249
Feb. 28, 2104 26,227,275 9.175
March 12, 2110 2,807,462 13.016
Sept. 7, 2114 8,632,592 14.248
Sept. 16, 2120 19,177,870 9.916
March 8, 2145 11,601,911 11.132
Sept. 2, 2149 24,638,635 17.061
March 18, 2151 15,953,379 15.568
Sept. 11, 2155 1,971,559 12.505
March 9, 2174 7,056,085 11.852
Sept. 8, 2178 8,475,147 14.238

Images and Observations

2010 FR's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 18, 2010. It was last officially observed on Sept. 5, 2020. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 252 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: 1.131 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.3653
  • Inclination: 14.24°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 167.28°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 272.72°
  • Mean Anomaly: 130.75°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.158 km
  • Magnitude: 21.69

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 439 days (1.20 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 28.03 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.54 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.72 AU

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Size Rendering

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