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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 HB124

2014 HB124

2014 HB124 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.843 AU and a period of 0.77 yr.

Aten Observations: 65
Orbital Period · P
0.77 yr
v(q)
57 km/s
v(Q)
18.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
6.86
Eccentricity · e
0.5103

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.413 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.273 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.86 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.843 AU gives an orbital period of 0.77 yr, or about 283 days.

The high eccentricity (0.51) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.57° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 57 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.5 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 = 23.02 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 65 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6107 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
0.8432 AU
Eccentricity
0.5103
Perihelion
0.413 AU
Aphelion
1.273485 AU
Inclination
6.57°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
67.0°

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-Mar-20 09:06 0.375429 AU
56163351 km
25.88 km/s
2028-May-30 22:37 0.080414 AU
12029748 km
12.87 km/s
2031-Jan-08 15:53 0.428003 AU
64028321 km
11.60 km/s
2031-Apr-08 16:58 0.259228 AU
38779893 km
11.35 km/s
2034-Mar-13 04:11 0.208383 AU
31173644 km
20.08 km/s
2035-May-30 15:45 0.122567 AU
18335799 km
17.72 km/s
2038-Apr-26 07:38 0.266563 AU
39877263 km
11.44 km/s
2038-Aug-09 19:06 0.467836 AU
69987199 km
13.28 km/s
2041-Mar-08 19:17 0.092768 AU
13877905 km
14.50 km/s
2042-May-24 11:03 0.290634 AU
43478198 km
23.33 km/s
2045-May-15 02:59 0.213033 AU
31869227 km
11.11 km/s
2048-Mar-17 10:29 0.178032 AU
26633165 km
11.11 km/s
2049-May-16 17:37 0.466577 AU
69798983 km
29.21 km/s
2051-Mar-21 09:54 0.396251 AU
59278275 km
26.60 km/s
2052-May-30 07:40 0.096295 AU
14405515 km
12.40 km/s
2055-Jan-13 22:39 0.413163 AU
61808342 km
9.91 km/s
2055-Apr-06 04:14 0.253502 AU
37923413 km
11.31 km/s
2058-Mar-14 06:11 0.232536 AU
34786949 km
20.95 km/s
2059-May-31 10:25 0.100134 AU
14979902 km
16.90 km/s
2061-Dec-19 02:54 0.491765 AU
73567030 km
17.88 km/s
2062-Apr-23 16:26 0.269010 AU
40243264 km
11.46 km/s
2062-Aug-13 19:12 0.479624 AU
71750683 km
14.44 km/s
2065-Mar-09 04:05 0.098309 AU
14706825 km
15.28 km/s
2066-May-25 14:05 0.265593 AU
39732162 km
22.50 km/s
2069-May-12 07:35 0.225683 AU
33761708 km
11.14 km/s
2072-Mar-14 17:33 0.159589 AU
23874220 km
11.28 km/s
2073-May-18 04:01 0.437609 AU
65465411 km
28.22 km/s
2075-Mar-22 21:30 0.426629 AU
63822719 km
27.65 km/s
2076-May-28 20:32 0.119977 AU
17948376 km
11.84 km/s
2079-Apr-02 20:29 0.244054 AU
36509885 km
11.25 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
23.02

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.61065
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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