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NASA JPL SBDB · 2011 HH1

2011 HH1

2011 HH1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.904 AU it takes 2.63 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 61
Orbital Period · P
2.63 yr
v(q)
43.3 km/s
v(Q)
10.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.16 km
TJ
3.68
Eccentricity · e
0.6018

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.758 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.05 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.292 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.904 AU gives an orbital period of 2.63 yr, or about 960 days.

The high eccentricity (0.602) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.19° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10.8 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 = 21.72 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.16 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 61 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6343 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
1.904 AU
Eccentricity
0.6018
Perihelion
0.758 AU
Aphelion
3.049827 AU
Inclination
11.19°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
251.08°

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-May-17 02:55 0.106461 AU
15926349 km
15.13 km/s
2045-Sep-30 02:17 0.178349 AU
26680589 km
16.23 km/s
2053-Jun-07 08:49 0.199805 AU
29890397 km
13.84 km/s
2061-Apr-10 05:17 0.498571 AU
74585116 km
30.96 km/s
2066-Oct-10 16:39 0.238921 AU
35742109 km
21.11 km/s
2074-Jul-11 02:31 0.279272 AU
41778440 km
14.93 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
21.72

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.63432
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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