Lautakwah is a mid-sized asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the outer reaches of the main asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Lautakwah as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Lautakwah orbits the sun every 2,130 days (5.83 years), coming as close as 2.91 AU and reaching as far as 3.57 AU from the sun. Lautakwah is about 8.4 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
The rotation of Lautakwah has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 16.97 hours.
Lautakwah's orbit is 1.91 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.
Lautakwah's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 29, 1978. It was last officially observed on May 18, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 1,569 observations used to determine its orbit.
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