Near-Earth asteroid

1915 Quetzalcoatl (1953 EA)

1915 Quetzalcoatl (1953 EA) is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 0.6–1.3 km (0.3–0.8 mi), in the AMO orbit class. Its next listed approach within 0.2 au is on February 24, 2062. NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.

Not potentially hazardous

0.6–1.3 km

Estimated diameter

18.38

Absolute magnitude (H)

Approaches within 0.2 au, 1900–2200

Upcoming close approaches to Earth

3 approaches within 0.2 au (about 30 million km) are calculated from now to 2200. The closest in the 1900–2200 record is on March 6, 1906 at about 3,789,314 km.

Future Earth approaches (JPL Close Approach Data)
Date (TDB)	Nominal distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s	Time uncertainty
2062-Feb-24 00:46	20,038,635	52.1	13.01	00:06
2114-Feb-25 11:35	11,653,674	30.3	14.08	00:03
2153-Mar-14 22:17	15,148,280	39.4	16.13	00:06

Orbit

Orbit class: AMO — Near-Earth asteroid orbits similar to that of 1221 Amor
Orbital period: 1,483.2 days (4.06 years)
Minimum orbit intersection distance: 0.11 au (16,455,766 km)
Observed: March 9, 1953 to October 25, 2020

Recent past approaches

Past Earth approaches within 0.2 au since 1900 (JPL), most recent 7
Date (TDB)	Distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s
1985-Mar-09 17:39	22,550,383	58.7	14.38
1981-Mar-02 04:12	12,448,039	32.4	13.31
1977-Feb-20 20:33	23,238,533	60.5	13.29
1957-Feb-23 12:38	13,999,369	36.4	13.66
1953-Mar-04 06:06	7,973,567	20.7	13.94
1949-Mar-18 14:44	27,192,405	70.7	16.38
1906-Mar-06 00:36	3,789,314	9.86	15.12

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Sources

Size, hazard status and this week’s approach — NASA NeoWs (copy taken Oct 28, 2026, 2:39 AM EDT)
Close-approach list — JPL SBDB Close Approach Data API (copy taken Oct 28, 2026, 2:39 AM EDT)
Full orbit details — JPL Small-Body Database: 1915 Quetzalcoatl (1953 EA)

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