2013 FW13

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 a basketball court
  • Will pass within 3,249,556 km of Earth in 2024
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2013 FW13 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2013 FW13 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2013 FW13 orbits the sun every 433 days (1.19 years), coming as close as 0.71 AU and reaching as far as 1.53 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2013 FW13 is probably between 0.121 to 0.272 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a basketball court.

Close Approaches

2013 FW13's orbit is 0.01 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.

2013 FW13 has 19 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Sept. 18, 2024 3,249,556 15.559
March 27, 2026 25,686,183 19.756
Sept. 19, 2043 3,106,923 15.575
March 27, 2045 27,570,273 20.058
March 11, 2051 22,813,240 13.528
Sept. 25, 2062 25,988,399 13.077
Sept. 10, 2068 23,751,731 19.331
March 19, 2070 3,778,804 16.146
Sept. 19, 2087 4,958,994 15.308
March 15, 2095 12,117,404 14.634
Sept. 19, 2112 3,559,301 15.497
March 17, 2120 7,228,022 15.234
Sept. 24, 2137 20,193,280 13.578
Sept. 13, 2143 19,571,069 18.680
March 22, 2145 8,132,107 17.027
Sept. 20, 2168 5,060,478 15.279
Sept. 11, 2174 27,054,903 19.856
March 20, 2176 3,905,079 16.259
March 10, 2182 28,011,760 13.092

Images and Observations

2013 FW13's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 23, 2013. It was last officially observed on April 5, 2019. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 77 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: 1.12 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.3618
  • Inclination: 23.41°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 175.81°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 272.31°
  • Mean Anomaly: 358.85°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.157 km
  • Magnitude: 21.7

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 433 days (1.19 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 28.14 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.53 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.71 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2013 FW13 to create an approximate landscape rendering with New York City in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.