2010 RF12

Key Facts

• Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
• Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller (0.01 km diameter)
• A Near Earth Object
• Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
• See orbit simulation

Overview

2010 RF12 is a small asteroid orbiting the sun inside the belt of the inner planets. NASA JPL does not treat 2010 RF12 as potentially hazardous, because its orbit never carries it near Earth.

One lap around the sun takes 2010 RF12 399 days (1.09 years). Over that circuit it swings between 0.86 AU and 1.26 AU from the sun, travelling at an average of 28.93 km/s. At 0.0 kilometers across, 2010 RF12 is roughly the size of a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

The orbit of 2010 RF12 stays well clear of Earth's. Its predicted passes are listed below.

These 84 passes come from orbital simulations run by NASA JPL's CNEOS.

Images and Observations

The orbit of 2010 RF12 is pinned down by sightings going back to Sept. 1, 2010, the most recent officially logged on Aug. 24, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center holds 339 observations behind that solution.

Accessibility and Exploration

The NHATS study counts 2010 RF12 among the objects a crewed mission could reach.

Similar Objects

These objects follow orbits with much the same shape and tilt as 2010 RF12:

• Very small Apollo-class Asteroid
• Very small Apollo-class Asteroid
• Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

References

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

Orbit Simulation

Sky Map

A ◯ pink circle marks where 2010 RF12 sits. It may fall outside your current field of view — use the controls below to change the position, location and time.