van Woerkom is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified van Woerkom as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
van Woerkom orbits the sun every 1,230 days (3.37 years), coming as close as 1.88 AU and reaching as far as 2.62 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, van Woerkom is probably between 5.502 to 12.304 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
The rotation of van Woerkom has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 2.81 hours.
van Woerkom's orbit is 0.89 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.
van Woerkom's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 28, 1935. It was last officially observed on June 30, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,020 observations used to determine its orbit.
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