2013 VO5

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 football field
  • Will pass within 27,095,110 km of Earth in 2025
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2013 VO5 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2013 VO5 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2013 VO5 orbits the sun every 529 days (1.45 years), coming as close as 0.40 AU and reaching as far as 2.16 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2013 VO5 is probably between 0.142 to 0.318 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2013 VO5's orbit is 0.02 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 VO5 has 15 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Feb. 28, 2025 27,095,110 28.753
Nov. 11, 2026 20,597,103 27.474
March 8, 2038 5,229,509 23.200
March 15, 2051 28,916,570 17.704
Nov. 1, 2055 19,596,104 19.452
Nov. 8, 2068 10,110,440 25.273
March 4, 2080 12,769,228 25.650
March 10, 2093 11,579,591 21.207
Nov. 2, 2110 18,594,176 19.628
Nov. 8, 2123 2,710,925 23.469
March 5, 2135 18,107,380 26.833
March 12, 2148 14,705,530 20.558
Nov. 7, 2165 2,767,455 23.066
Nov. 12, 2178 16,424,426 26.611
March 6, 2190 12,800,993 25.659

Images and Observations

2013 VO5's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 6, 2013. It was last officially observed on March 1, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 231 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: 1.28 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6906
  • Inclination: 2.02°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 74.0°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 211.07°
  • Mean Anomaly: 324.86°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.183 km
  • Magnitude: 21.36

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 529 days (1.45 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 26.32 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.16 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.40 AU

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Size Rendering

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