Lucretius Carus is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Lucretius Carus as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Lucretius Carus orbits the sun every 1,210 days (3.31 years), coming as close as 2.10 AU and reaching as far as 2.34 AU from the sun. Lucretius Carus is about 4.7 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
Lucretius Carus's orbit is 1.11 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.
Lucretius Carus's orbit is determined by observations dating back to May 5, 1978. It was last officially observed on Feb. 19, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 2,999 observations used to determine its orbit.
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The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Lucretius Carus 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.