Pyotr Pervyj is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Pyotr Pervyj as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Pyotr Pervyj orbits the sun every 1,300 days (3.56 years), coming as close as 1.86 AU and reaching as far as 2.80 AU from the sun. Pyotr Pervyj is about 8.9 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
Pyotr Pervyj's spectral type None (Tholen) / C (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain water, iron, nickel, cobalt, nitrogen, and ammonia.
Pyotr Pervyj's orbit is 0.85 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.
Pyotr Pervyj's orbit is determined by observations dating back to July 29, 1954. It was last officially observed on April 13, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,334 observations used to determine its orbit.
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