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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 BF3

2014 BF3

2014 BF3 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.382 AU once every 1.62 yr.

Amor Observations: 87
Orbital Period · P
1.62 yr
v(q)
28.2 km/s
v(Q)
22.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.21 km
TJ
4.7
Eccentricity · e
0.1066

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.234 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.529 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.295 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.382 AU gives an orbital period of 1.62 yr, or about 593 days.

An eccentricity of 0.107 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 23.6° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 28.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.8 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.18 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.21 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 87 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.514 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
1.382 AU
Eccentricity
0.1066
Perihelion
1.234 AU
Aphelion
1.529321 AU
Inclination
23.6°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
222.12°

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
2027-Jan-10 07:47 0.323522 AU
48398141 km
12.43 km/s
2032-Feb-13 15:02 0.494991 AU
74049551 km
12.20 km/s
2040-Jan-12 15:45 0.298560 AU
44663905 km
12.33 km/s
2053-Jan-13 18:33 0.279046 AU
41744664 km
12.25 km/s
2066-Jan-15 18:10 0.264576 AU
39580004 km
12.19 km/s
2079-Jan-17 15:34 0.255477 AU
38218885 km
12.15 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
21.18

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.51396
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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