Amycus is a large asteroid with an orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA JPL has not classified Amycus as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Amycus orbits the sun every 45,700 days (125.12 years), coming as close as 15.23 AU and reaching as far as 34.79 AU from the sun. Amycus is about 100.9 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the U.S. state of Delaware.
The rotation of Amycus has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 9.76 hours.
Amycus's orbit is 14.20 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.
Amycus's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 24, 1987. It was last officially observed on Aug. 18, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 136 observations used to determine its orbit.
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