Geometria

Key Facts

• Categorized as a Main-belt Asteroid
• Comparable in size to the city of Los Angeles (35.47 km diameter)
• Not a Near Earth Object
• Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
• See orbit simulation

Overview

Geometria is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Geometria as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.

Geometria orbits the sun every 1,260 days (3.45 years), coming as close as 1.89 AU and reaching as far as 2.68 AU from the sun. Geometria is about 35.5 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Los Angeles.

The rotation of Geometria has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 7.74 hours.

Geometria's spectral type S (Tholen) / Sl (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain and .

No Close Approaches

Geometria's orbit is 0.88 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.

Images and Observations

Geometria's orbit is determined by observations dating back to March 6, 1899. It was last officially observed on May 15, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 6,664 observations used to determine its orbit.

Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:

View asteroid Geometria in 3D.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

Similar Objects

These objects have orbits that share similar characteristics to the orbit of Geometria:

• 18 Melpomene (A852 MA)
• 80 Sappho (A864 JA)
• 136 Austria (A874 FA)

References

• JPL Small Body Database
• Mission Design
• Sky Finder Chart

Orbit Simulation

Sky Map

The position of Geometria is indicated by a ◯ pink circle. Note that the object may not be in your current field of view. Use the controls below to adjust position, location, and time.