7731 (1978 UV) is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified 1978 UV as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
1978 UV orbits the sun every 1,590 days (4.35 years), coming as close as 1.97 AU and reaching as far as 3.37 AU from the sun. 1978 UV is about 12.3 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
1978 UV's orbit is 0.98 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.
1978 UV's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 28, 1978. It was last officially observed on June 16, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,174 observations used to determine its orbit.
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