2005 EU95
2005 EU95 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.179 AU it takes 1.28 yr to circle the Sun.
Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.76 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.599 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.839 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.179 AU gives an orbital period of 1.28 yr, or about 468 days.
An eccentricity of 0.356 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
A steep inclination of 24.38° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.9 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 = 20.83 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.24 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 60 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5214 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.
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
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 distance | Velocity |
|---|---|---|
| 2028-Mar-14 20:17 | 0.270194 AU 40420504 km |
13.45 km/s |
| 2033-Sep-19 22:08 | 0.125942 AU 18840664 km |
18.41 km/s |
| 2037-Mar-18 15:07 | 0.160114 AU 23952696 km |
15.50 km/s |
| 2042-Sep-05 04:02 | 0.144757 AU 21655318 km |
15.37 km/s |
| 2046-Mar-16 03:44 | 0.224787 AU 33627589 km |
19.49 km/s |
| 2051-Aug-11 09:36 | 0.310073 AU 46386324 km |
14.51 km/s |
| 2055-Mar-10 06:21 | 0.400748 AU 59951039 km |
24.78 km/s |
| 2056-Oct-09 06:33 | 0.427401 AU 63938242 km |
26.38 km/s |
| 2060-Mar-09 00:37 | 0.361959 AU 54148281 km |
13.19 km/s |
| 2060-Jun-29 01:18 | 0.434251 AU 64963014 km |
12.94 km/s |
| 2065-Sep-27 19:23 | 0.228074 AU 34119378 km |
21.11 km/s |
| 2069-Mar-17 13:39 | 0.215484 AU 32235905 km |
14.01 km/s |
| 2074-Sep-14 19:42 | 0.096039 AU 14367167 km |
16.98 km/s |
| 2078-Mar-18 11:15 | 0.163411 AU 24445996 km |
16.93 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
