85990 (1999 JV6)

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to the U.S. Capitol building (0.45 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 25,815,700 km of Earth in 2078
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

85990 (1999 JV6) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 1999 JV6 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

1999 JV6 orbits the sun every 370 days (1.01 years), coming as close as 0.69 AU and reaching as far as 1.32 AU from the sun. 1999 JV6 is about 0.5 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 90% of asteroids but tiny compared to large asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. Capitol building.

The rotation of 1999 JV6 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 6.54 hours.

1999 JV6's spectral type None (Tholen) / Xk (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain iron, nickel, and cobalt.

Close Approaches

1999 JV6's orbit is 0.03 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

1999 JV6 has 22 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
May 28, 2078 25,815,700 14.309
June 1, 2079 16,798,502 12.189
June 3, 2080 11,407,946 10.172
June 7, 2081 13,762,065 8.229
June 13, 2082 21,414,075 6.358
July 6, 2083 29,851,994 6.570
Jan. 23, 2095 29,581,339 6.711
Jan. 9, 2096 20,408,602 6.591
Jan. 4, 2097 10,310,409 8.112
Jan. 5, 2098 4,782,564 10.107
Jan. 8, 2099 13,180,126 12.293
Jan. 11, 2100 24,469,849 14.659
May 29, 2161 24,902,607 14.108
June 2, 2162 15,589,063 11.883
June 6, 2163 11,211,590 9.713
June 9, 2164 15,860,399 7.652
June 21, 2165 24,951,708 5.942
Jan. 17, 2177 26,099,673 6.511
Jan. 7, 2178 15,340,380 7.221
Jan. 6, 2179 5,412,490 9.308
Jan. 8, 2180 9,422,659 11.506
Jan. 10, 2181 20,732,797 13.890

Images and Observations

1999 JV6's orbit is determined by observations dating back to May 13, 1999. It was last officially observed on Feb. 21, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 1,186 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.008 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.3112
  • Inclination: 5.36°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 124.31°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 235.57°
  • Mean Anomaly: 282.83°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.45100 km
  • Magnitude: 20.27
  • Albedo: 0.095
  • Spectral type (SMASS): Xk

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 370 days (1.01 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 29.64 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.32 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.69 AU
  • Rotation Period: 6.54 hours
  • Approx. Composition: iron, nickel, and cobalt.

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