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NASA JPL SBDB · 2007 VM184

2007 VM184

2007 VM184 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.181 AU it takes 1.28 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 324
Orbital Period · P
1.28 yr
v(q)
49 km/s
v(Q)
15.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.22 km
TJ
5.15
Eccentricity · e
0.5229

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.563 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.799 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.236 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.181 AU gives an orbital period of 1.28 yr, or about 469 days.

The high eccentricity (0.523) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 23.27° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.3 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 = 21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.22 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 324 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4535 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
1.181 AU
Eccentricity
0.5229
Perihelion
0.563 AU
Aphelion
1.798545 AU
Inclination
23.27°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
101.14°

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
2034-Nov-26 19:15 0.140919 AU
21081225 km
23.40 km/s
2036-Jun-18 08:55 0.199934 AU
29909753 km
19.91 km/s
2075-Dec-06 05:57 0.135177 AU
20222220 km
16.82 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
21.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45353
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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