Venus' Co-Orbital Asteroids Potential Threat

Jun 2, 2025 6:30 AM

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Venus' Co-Orbital Asteroids Potential Threat
Oktay Yürük aka Oktay74tn, science and tech content
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This is an animation of the over 37,000 known Near-Earth objects NEOs in the inner solar system. A NEO larger than 140 meters (460 ft) with an orbit that crosses the Earth's orbit is considered a potentially hazardous object. Venus' co-Orbital asteroids are a group of potentially dangerous asteroids that are difficult to observe from Earth.

2013 ND15, a small asteroid with a size of 40 to 100 meters, is one of 20 known Venus trojans. The animation shows its tadpole orbit around Venus's Lagrange point L4 in magenta. The asteroid is 60 degrees ahead of Venus. The orbits of these objects are very chaotic and can only be predicted for 150 years.

Apophis (full name 99942 Apophis) is a 450-meter near-Earth asteroid that will approach Earth in 2029 and 2036. Recent observations rule out an impact on Earth in the near future.

A Serious Threat May Be Lurking in The Orbit of Venus, Says Study
Evan Gough
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-serious-threat-may-be-lurking-in-the-orbit-of-venus-says-study

The invisible threat: assessing the collisional hazard posed by the undiscovered Venus co-orbital asteroids
V. Carruba, R. Sfair, R. A. Araujo, O. C. Winter, et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15968

Venus’s hidden asteroids could be Earth’s next major impact risk
Mrigakshi Dixit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/venus-hidden-asteroids-could-earth-161507026.html

Wikipedia articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_trojan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_ND15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/524522_Zoozve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten_asteroid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

2024YR4 Potential Killer Asteroid
https://imgur.com/gallery/2024-yr4-potential-killer-asteroid-R1Kud7k

Venus Coronae With Tectonic Processes
https://imgur.com/gallery/venus-coronae-with-tectonic-processes-ZhZ9s61

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Great videos, thank you! Have you tried putting a high-pass filter (at somewhere between 100 and 150 Hz) on your voice recording? This would make it a lot more intelligible.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I used a filter but the sound was too low.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The slight resemblance to the voice of Werner Herzog has me always expecting the 'data only' nature of the content to veer wildly off into a description of the fathomless and unutterable horror of the immensity of the universe.

1 year ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

This is so funny. I used to work for a person with the last name Herzog but his first name was not Werner. :)

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

"Recent observations rule out an impact on Earth in the near future" GOD DAMN IT

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That is a really freaking bizarre orbital path for the Venusian Lagrange asteroids.

And thank you for including the update on apophus, I knew it was coming back around in 2029, I wasn't sure what it's chance of impact was anymore. Last I heard it was like 1 in 450

1 year ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

So you're sayin' there's a chance.

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I’m sad about it because its closest approach is going to be on the other side of the earth from me, so I can’t see it.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well I mean it's 4 years off still, so you could always plan and save for a short trip?

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You are welcome.

1 year ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

every pixel represents an object in space.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

100 meters ≈ 330 feet

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Psh, says you.

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Thanks, that really helped me visualize asteroids better. /s actually sorry

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Another job well done

1 year ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Or, in asteroid terms, when hitting the earth...."Fucking Big"

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

About 10 washers.

1 year ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Can we dispense with the nonstandard measurements? How many bananas is that?

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

330 feet, Quentin would be very happy

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I'm glad that Apophis will miss Earth :) .

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm not.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Easy there, Dwight.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Sweet Meteor O’death: the best 3rd party candidate for every US presidential election since 2016.

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