Otto Schmidt is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Otto Schmidt as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Otto Schmidt orbits the sun every 1,390 days (3.81 years), coming as close as 2.42 AU and reaching as far as 2.45 AU from the sun. Otto Schmidt is about 29.0 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Indianapolis.
The rotation of Otto Schmidt has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 6.31 hours.
Otto Schmidt's orbit is 1.42 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.
Otto Schmidt's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Oct. 4, 1948. It was last officially observed on June 30, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,825 observations used to determine its orbit.
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