2102 Tantalus is a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) because its minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) is less than 0.05 AU and its diameter is greater than 150 meters. The Earth-MOID is {{convert|0.0439|AU|km mi|abbr=on|lk=on}}.[ Its orbit is well-determined for the next several hundred years.]
It will pass {{convert|0.04439|AU|km mi|abbr=on|lk=on}} from Earth on 2038-Dec-27, which is just slightly closer than the 1975-Dec-26 approach of 0.046 AU.[ The asteroid is about 2–4 km in diameter.[3]]
References
1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Absolute Magnitude (H) |publisher=NASA/JPL |url=http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/glossary/h.html |accessdate=2015-05-10}}