Svarog

506074 Svarog (2015 UM67)

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge (0.67 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 7,308,227 km of Earth in 2027
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

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

Svarog orbits the sun every 710 days (1.94 years), coming as close as 0.49 AU and reaching as far as 2.63 AU from the sun. Svarog is about 0.7 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than ~97% of asteroids but small compared to large asteroids, comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Close Approaches

Svarog'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.

Svarog has 12 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
March 18, 2027 7,308,227 22.412
Oct. 27, 2050 25,358,575 26.948
March 26, 2062 25,113,215 17.861
March 10, 2064 25,184,434 27.457
Oct. 19, 2089 13,690,873 21.929
March 25, 2101 20,430,428 18.879
March 11, 2103 28,031,712 28.064
Oct. 20, 2128 13,549,827 22.348
March 24, 2140 17,702,579 19.487
Oct. 28, 2165 23,447,149 26.407
March 28, 2177 24,961,771 17.934
March 12, 2179 27,260,900 27.877

Images and Observations

Svarog's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Oct. 24, 2015. It was last officially observed on April 13, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 411 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: 1.558 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6869
  • Inclination: 6.0°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 150.06°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 132.23°
  • Mean Anomaly: 44.97°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.66500 km
  • Magnitude: 18.94
  • Albedo: 0.110

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 710 days (1.94 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 23.87 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.63 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.49 AU

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Size Rendering

The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Svarog to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.