198694

198694 is an asteroid that was discovered on October 2, 1990, by astronomers Eleanor Helin and Kenneth Lawrence at the Palomar Observatory in California. It is classified as a near-Earth object (NEO) and a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) due to its size and proximity to Earth's orbit. The asteroid has an estimated diameter of about 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) and completes one orbit around the Sun approximately every 3.3 years. Its orbit intersects with Earth's, making it a potential impact risk. However, as of current knowledge, there is no imminent threat of collision with Earth. The asteroid's orbit is well-studied, and its trajectory is regularly monitored by astronomers to assess any future impact probabilities. 198694 is named after the year of its discovery, 1986, and the sequence number 94, indicating its order of discovery that year.