468468 (2004 KH17)

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 (0.20 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 19,419,866 km of Earth in 2019
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

468468 (2004 KH17) is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2004 KH17 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2004 KH17 orbits the sun every 220 days (0.60 years), coming as close as 0.36 AU and reaching as far as 1.07 AU from the sun. 2004 KH17 is about 0.2 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2004 KH17's orbit is 0.00 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2004 KH17 has 30 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
May 31, 2019 19,419,866 12.815
May 29, 2022 21,747,065 12.835
May 27, 2025 24,037,643 12.907
May 24, 2028 26,316,923 13.022
May 23, 2031 28,636,929 13.201
June 9, 2081 25,460,097 18.389
June 10, 2084 20,983,693 17.530
June 11, 2087 16,640,039 16.727
June 11, 2090 12,878,973 16.069
June 11, 2093 9,599,773 15.525
June 10, 2096 7,020,829 15.124
June 11, 2099 5,618,254 14.915
June 12, 2102 5,718,904 14.935
June 11, 2105 7,159,997 15.151
June 11, 2108 9,807,011 15.564
June 12, 2111 13,027,587 16.096
June 12, 2114 16,827,115 16.761
June 11, 2117 20,955,343 17.517
June 10, 2120 25,407,357 18.368
May 22, 2169 29,687,628 13.419
May 25, 2172 27,087,117 13.174
May 28, 2175 24,450,856 12.990
May 30, 2178 21,989,781 12.883
June 1, 2181 19,528,749 12.843
June 3, 2184 17,264,547 12.861
June 5, 2187 15,183,985 12.907
June 6, 2190 13,186,965 12.978
June 7, 2193 11,240,218 13.066
June 7, 2196 9,589,785 13.164
June 9, 2199 8,275,875 13.257

Images and Observations

2004 KH17's orbit is determined by observations dating back to May 29, 2004. It was last officially observed on June 4, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 229 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: 0.7121 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.4982
  • Inclination: 22.13°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 79.13°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 340.71°
  • Mean Anomaly: 240.06°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.19700 km
  • Magnitude: 21.98
  • Albedo: 0.072

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 220 days (0.60 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 35.21 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.07 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.36 AU

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Size Rendering

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