Astraea is a large asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Astraea as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Astraea orbits the sun every 1,510 days (4.13 years), coming as close as 2.09
The rotation of Astraea has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 16.81 hours.
Astraea's spectral type S (Tholen) / S (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain and .
Astraea's orbit is 1.11
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Astraea's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 15, 1845. It was last officially observed on Feb. 2, 2023. The I
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
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