Wakiya is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Wakiya as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Wakiya orbits the sun every 1,480 days (4.05 years), coming as close as 1.77 AU and reaching as far as 3.32 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, Wakiya is probably between 6.145 to 13.742 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
The rotation of Wakiya has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 96.47 hours.
Wakiya's orbit is 0.79 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.
Wakiya's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 24, 1981. It was last officially observed on May 9, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 4,153 observations used to determine its orbit.
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