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NASA JPL SBDB · 2007 VK3

2007 VK3

2007 VK3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.124 AU it takes 1.19 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 41
Orbital Period · P
1.19 yr
v(q)
31.2 km/s
v(Q)
25.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.15 km
TJ
5.47
Eccentricity · e
0.1058

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.005 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.243 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.238 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.124 AU gives an orbital period of 1.19 yr, or about 435 days.

An eccentricity of 0.106 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 24.83° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.3 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.9 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.15 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 41 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4381 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

Semi-Major Axis
1.124 AU
Eccentricity
0.1058
Perihelion
1.005 AU
Aphelion
1.242919 AU
Inclination
24.83°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
123.16°

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
2032-Oct-30 04:41 0.211481 AU
31637147 km
12.62 km/s
2033-May-02 20:07 0.320573 AU
47957066 km
16.86 km/s
2038-Nov-06 22:31 0.165679 AU
24785181 km
13.11 km/s
2039-Apr-28 17:06 0.103519 AU
15486274 km
13.47 km/s
2044-Nov-10 10:21 0.302783 AU
45295626 km
15.29 km/s
2045-Apr-26 08:36 0.156852 AU
23464770 km
12.71 km/s
2051-Apr-29 05:22 0.376842 AU
56374757 km
14.36 km/s
2057-Oct-19 12:34 0.358624 AU
53649417 km
12.99 km/s
2063-Oct-31 10:21 0.205294 AU
30711596 km
12.60 km/s
2064-May-02 11:37 0.310220 AU
46408315 km
16.65 km/s
2069-Nov-06 23:51 0.168531 AU
25211810 km
13.16 km/s
2070-Apr-28 11:04 0.098155 AU
14683808 km
13.40 km/s
2075-Nov-11 08:36 0.305346 AU
45679178 km
15.32 km/s
2076-Apr-26 04:39 0.158747 AU
23748236 km
12.72 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
21.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43807
Condition
0
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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