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2014 FZ6

2014 FZ6 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.982 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 41
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
32.9 km/s
v(Q)
27.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
6.14
Eccentricity · e
0.0903

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.893 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.071 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.178 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.982 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 355 days.

With e = 0.09, the orbit is close to circular.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.38° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.5 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 = 24.7 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 41 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5474 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
0.9819 AU
Eccentricity
0.0903
Perihelion
0.893 AU
Aphelion
1.070566 AU
Inclination
14.38°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
27.65°

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
2051-Apr-05 11:59 0.075311 AU
11266364 km
8.42 km/s
2052-Apr-13 00:08 0.138784 AU
20761736 km
10.95 km/s
2053-Apr-16 13:52 0.269650 AU
40339015 km
14.74 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
24.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.54736
Condition
7
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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