36259 (1999 XM74) is a large asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit around the sun. NASA JPL has not classified 1999 XM74 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
1999 XM74 orbits the sun every 4,340 days (11.88 years), coming as close as 4.73 AU and reaching as far as 5.69 AU from the sun. 1999 XM74 is about 24.6 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Indianapolis.
1999 XM74's orbit is 3.75 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.
1999 XM74's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 19, 1998. It was last officially observed on March 13, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 1,543 observations used to determine its orbit.
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