Damocles is a mid-sized asteroid with an orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA JPL has not classified Damocles as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Damocles orbits the sun every 14,900 days (40.79 years), coming as close as 1.59 AU and reaching as far as 22.15 AU from the sun. Its orbit is highly elliptical. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Damocles is probably between 6.006 to 13.429 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
Damocles's orbit is 0.61 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a very 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.
Damocles's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Feb. 18, 1991. It was last officially observed on Aug. 22, 1992. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 49 observations used to determine its orbit.
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