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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 CG13

2014 CG13

2014 CG13 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.149 AU it takes 1.23 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 167
Orbital Period · P
1.23 yr
v(q)
31.5 km/s
v(Q)
24.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
5.39
Eccentricity · e
0.1247

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.005 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.292 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.287 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.149 AU gives an orbital period of 1.23 yr, or about 450 days.

An eccentricity of 0.125 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 21.89° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.5 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 22.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.12 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 167 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4424 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.149 AU
Eccentricity
0.1247
Perihelion
1.005 AU
Aphelion
1.29228 AU
Inclination
21.89°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
46.69°

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
2029-Sep-02 12:59 0.199462 AU
29839032 km
11.92 km/s
2030-Feb-14 12:12 0.077618 AU
11611512 km
11.99 km/s
2035-Feb-25 16:54 0.357554 AU
53489376 km
12.81 km/s
2040-Aug-07 06:02 0.293065 AU
43841919 km
11.07 km/s
2045-Aug-31 17:34 0.189613 AU
28365713 km
11.60 km/s
2046-Feb-14 23:36 0.084551 AU
12648610 km
12.54 km/s
2050-Sep-10 23:30 0.394312 AU
58988161 km
17.16 km/s
2051-Feb-21 06:17 0.262001 AU
39194775 km
12.48 km/s
2061-Aug-28 05:32 0.185251 AU
27713175 km
11.25 km/s
2062-Feb-16 03:35 0.099938 AU
14950453 km
13.75 km/s
2066-Sep-10 06:21 0.302735 AU
45288525 km
15.42 km/s
2067-Feb-17 11:09 0.191408 AU
28634171 km
11.87 km/s
2077-Aug-23 03:10 0.197598 AU
29560220 km
11.07 km/s
2078-Feb-18 04:03 0.160111 AU
23952202 km
15.70 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
22.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44236
Condition
6
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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