47959 (2000 QP168) is a large asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit around the sun. NASA JPL has not classified 2000 QP168 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
2000 QP168 orbits the sun every 4,230 days (11.58 years), coming as close as 4.76 AU and reaching as far as 5.47 AU from the sun. 2000 QP168 is about 13.0 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
2000 QP168's orbit is 3.75 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.
2000 QP168's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 5, 1984. It was last officially observed on Nov. 16, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 821 observations used to determine its orbit.
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