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2014 GF45

2014 GF45 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.984 AU and a period of 0.98 yr.

Aten Observations: 52
Orbital Period · P
0.98 yr
v(q)
38.1 km/s
v(Q)
23.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
6.1
Eccentricity · e
0.235

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.753 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.215 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.462 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.984 AU gives an orbital period of 0.98 yr, or about 356 days.

An eccentricity of 0.235 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 15.96° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.6 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 = 23.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 52 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4554 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.9838 AU
Eccentricity
0.235
Perihelion
0.753 AU
Aphelion
1.214993 AU
Inclination
15.96°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
3.27°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
23.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45538
Condition
2
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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