434326 (2004 JG6)

Small Interior-Earth Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Interior-Earth Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Will pass within 29,452,301 km of Earth in 2039
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

434326 (2004 JG6) is a small asteroid with an orbit that is entirely confined within Earth's orbit. NASA JPL has classified 2004 JG6 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2004 JG6 orbits the sun every 185 days (0.51 years), coming as close as 0.30 AU and reaching as far as 0.97 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2004 JG6 is probably between 0.535 to 1.197 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than ~97% of asteroids but small compared to large asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Close Approaches

2004 JG6's orbit is 0.04 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2004 JG6 has 32 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
April 29, 2039 29,452,301 17.050
April 28, 2040 20,801,464 15.199
April 28, 2041 12,954,713 13.684
April 26, 2042 6,957,743 12.603
April 24, 2043 6,791,998 12.106
April 19, 2044 11,972,180 12.247
April 17, 2045 18,619,383 13.047
April 15, 2046 26,045,766 14.406
April 28, 2080 27,649,976 16.624
April 29, 2081 19,099,639 14.840
April 28, 2082 11,458,671 13.401
April 26, 2083 6,211,100 12.442
April 22, 2084 7,583,511 12.087
April 19, 2085 13,283,218 12.387
April 16, 2086 20,167,381 13.332
April 15, 2087 27,761,544 14.788
April 30, 2121 26,321,525 16.311
April 30, 2122 17,936,044 14.591
April 29, 2123 10,523,459 13.216
April 26, 2124 5,908,411 12.351
April 23, 2125 8,146,095 12.100
April 20, 2126 14,064,722 12.495
April 18, 2127 20,994,933 13.500
April 16, 2128 28,626,611 14.996
April 30, 2162 26,142,179 16.254
May 1, 2163 17,759,317 14.538
April 29, 2164 10,370,101 13.170
April 27, 2165 5,817,441 12.335
April 24, 2166 8,228,915 12.119
April 20, 2167 14,198,696 12.538
April 17, 2168 21,193,209 13.560
April 16, 2169 28,919,333 15.095

Images and Observations

2004 JG6's orbit is determined by observations dating back to May 11, 2004. It was last officially observed on May 29, 2021. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 142 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

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

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.6353 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5312
  • Inclination: 18.94°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 37.01°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 353.01°
  • Mean Anomaly: 278.27°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.691 km
  • Magnitude: 18.48

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 185 days (0.51 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 37.36 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 0.97 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.30 AU

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Size Rendering

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