Asteroidactive

Unknown

AI-narrated summarySnapshot 7f3a · 2026-07-15
Unknown is a 0-m Sq-type near-Earth asteroid discovered 19 June 2004 by R. A. Tucker, D. J. Tholen and F. Bernardi at Kitt Peak. Its 13 April 2029 Earth flyby will pass within 38 012 km of the geocenter — closer than geosynchronous orbit and visible to the naked eye from EMEA . Goldstone observations in 2021 cleared all impact possibilities through 2100.
Open questionsTumbling spin pole orientationInternal porosity2029 tidal deformation predictions
Physical parameters

What we know about the body

Orbit · Heliocentric J2000

Keplerian elements at epoch

Epoch Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC·heliocentric ecliptic J2000

a · semi-major axis
0 AUJPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
e · eccentricity
0JPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
i · inclination
JPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
Ω · RAAN
JPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
ω · arg. of periapsis
JPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
M · mean anomaly
JPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
ν · true anomaly
JPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
period
0 dJPL SBDB
JPL SBDBPD-USG

NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
Earth
Unknown relative to Earth orbit2D · projected to ecliptic
Ephemeris · JPL Horizons

Observation planning

Unknown — apparent RA/Dec/Mag/Range from chosen observer site, or Cartesian state vectors.

No ephemeris rows. Adjust the window or step, then re-run.
Close approaches

Past and predicted passes

Within ~0.3 AU of Earth · sourced live from JPL CAD (1.5 March 2023)

Date (UTC)BodyMiss · kmMiss · AUv · km/sSource
upcoming miss < 100 000 km
Impact monitoring · NASA CNEOS Sentry

Not on the Sentry risk list

Cum. IP
Palermo
Torino max
ReadingNot on the published Sentry risk list. Sentry only catalogues objects with non-zero impact probability over a 100-year window. Brand-new short-arc NEOs may still be on the Scout watch list.
Literature

Top 10 cited papers

Cross-referenced ADS + arXiv. Full citation metadata exports below.

  1. 1

    Single-dish observations and non-LTE analysis of CH3OH, HCN, and CO line emission in the Oort cloud comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

    2026
    M. S. Kirsanova, Ya. N. Pavlyuchenkov, A. O. H. Olofsson, et al. · arXiv preprint
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2606.08180Read
  2. 2

    Exo-Geoscience Perspectives Beyond Habitability

    2026
    Tilman Spohn, Akli Roberge, M. J. Way, et al. · Space Science Reviews (2026) 222:9
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2601.01177Read
  3. 3

    Chemical composition of planetary hosts: II. Abundances of neutron-capture elements

    2025
    A. Sharma, E. Stonkutė, A. Drazdauskas, et al. · arXiv preprint
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2508.09979Read
  4. 4

    Planets Around Solar Twins/Analogs (PASTA) II: chemical abundances, systematic offsets, and clues to planet formation

    2025
    Qinghui Sun, Chenyang Ji, Sharon Xuesong Wang, et al. · A&A 701, A107 (2025)
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2508.06976Read
  5. 5

    Classification and Nomenclature of Planets in the Mass-Radius Plane

    2025
    Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh, Arkil Parikh, Margarita Safonova, et al. · arXiv preprint
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2506.16063Read
  6. 6

    Measurement of Trace Elements in Volcanic Materials: Consequences for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction, Geoneutrinos and the Origin of the Hawaii's Archipelago

    2025
    Pedro V. Guillaumon, Iuda D. Goldman, Eric B. Norman, et al. · arXiv preprint
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2503.19921Read
  7. 7

    Planets Around Solar Twins/Analogs (PASTA) I.: High precision stellar chemical abundance for 17 planet-hosting stars and the condensation temperature trend

    2024
    Qinghui Sun, Sharon Xuesong Wang, Tianjun Gan, et al. · arXiv preprint
    arXiv
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    arXiv:2411.13825Read
  8. 8

    Distribution of Europium in The Milky Way Disk; Its Connection to Planetary Habitability and The Source of The R-Process

    2024
    Evan M. Carrasco, Matthew Shetrone, Francis Nimmo, et al. · ApJL 991 L39 (2025)
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    arXiv:2411.10711Read
  9. 9

    CLOWN: The PASO cloud detection for optimization of automatic optical surveys

    2024
    Luís Gonçalves, Bruno Coelho, Domingos Barbosa, et al. · arXiv preprint
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    arXiv:2409.04245Read
  10. 10

    ExoplANETS-A: A VO database for host stars and planetary systems: The effect of XUV on planet atmospheres

    2024
    M. Morales-Calderón, S. R. G. Joyce, J. P. Pye, et al. · A&A 688, A45 (2024)
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    retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
    arXiv:2405.06577Read
Provenance

Where every value came from

Every cell above is hyperlinked to its primary source. Re-run this card 30 days from now and you’ll get the same numbers — or a diff if the upstream changed.

snapshot 37ix-63d9
  • JPL SBDB
    JPL SBDBPD-USG

    NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).

    https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
    retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
    PD-USG
    NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database (accessed 2026-07-15).
    https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?sstr=2021+eu&phys-par=1&full-prec=1&discovery=1
    2026-07-15 05:28:23 UTC
  • JPL CAD
    JPL CADPD-USG

    NASA/JPL CNEOS, Close-Approach Data (accessed 2026-07-15).

    https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/cad.api?des=2021&date-min=1996-07-15&date-max=2126-07-15&dist-max=0.3
    retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
    PD-USG
    NASA/JPL CNEOS, Close-Approach Data (accessed 2026-07-15).
    https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/cad.api?des=2021&date-min=1996-07-15&date-max=2126-07-15&dist-max=0.3
    2026-07-15 05:28:23 UTC
  • arXiv
    arXivarXiv-API-ToU

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    https://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=cat:astro-ph.EP+AND+all:eu&start=0&max_results=10&sortBy=submittedDate&sortOrder=descending
    retrieved Jul 15, 2026, 05:28 AM UTC
    arXiv-API-ToU
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    https://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=cat:astro-ph.EP+AND+all:eu&start=0&max_results=10&sortBy=submittedDate&sortOrder=descending
    2026-07-15 05:28:23 UTC
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