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NASA JPL SBDB · 2004 HT59

2004 HT59

2004 HT59 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.98 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 10
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
37.8 km/s
v(Q)
24 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.14
Eccentricity · e
0.2233

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.761 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.199 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.438 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.98 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 354 days.

An eccentricity of 0.223 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.13° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 27.2 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 10 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.339 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
0.98 AU
Eccentricity
0.2233
Perihelion
0.761 AU
Aphelion
1.198834 AU
Inclination
11.13°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
201.04°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2029-Dec-14 05:31 0.332169 AU
49691730 km
20.21 km/s
2030-Dec-04 22:39 0.159118 AU
23803724 km
14.82 km/s
2031-Nov-23 01:30 0.091090 AU
13626834 km
9.97 km/s
2037-Apr-25 03:42 0.006945 AU
1038950 km
10.39 km/s
2038-Apr-19 02:48 0.130962 AU
19591653 km
15.35 km/s
2039-Apr-12 03:30 0.327007 AU
48919609 km
20.64 km/s
2070-Apr-20 03:24 0.041329 AU
6182767 km
14.71 km/s
2071-Apr-12 18:04 0.385464 AU
57664539 km
20.32 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
27.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.339
Condition
7
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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