465826 (2010 GA24)

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 (0.15 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 29,519,249 km of Earth in 2104
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

465826 (2010 GA24) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2010 GA24 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2010 GA24 orbits the sun every 1,110 days (3.04 years), coming as close as 0.95 AU and reaching as far as 3.24 AU from the sun. 2010 GA24 is about 0.2 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, comparable in size to a basketball court.

Close Approaches

2010 GA24's orbit is 0.05 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.

2010 GA24 has 6 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
April 24, 2104 29,519,249 16.952
May 7, 2107 8,451,236 12.199
June 13, 2110 18,879,653 9.073
July 31, 2113 19,603,521 10.364
April 26, 2195 25,858,371 16.259
May 8, 2198 8,333,975 12.028

Images and Observations

2010 GA24's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 4, 2010. It was last officially observed on Sept. 7, 2016. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 241 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: 2.098 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5459
  • Inclination: 7.69°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 30.7°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 237.54°
  • Mean Anomaly: 131.59°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.15000 km
  • Magnitude: 21.09
  • Albedo: 0.285

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 1,110 days (3.04 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 20.56 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 3.24 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.95 AU

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Size Rendering

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