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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 KX86

2014 KX86

2014 KX86 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.281 AU it takes 1.45 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 29
Orbital Period · P
1.45 yr
v(q)
32.5 km/s
v(Q)
21.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
5.01
Eccentricity · e
0.2084

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.014 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.548 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.534 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.281 AU gives an orbital period of 1.45 yr, or about 530 days.

An eccentricity of 0.208 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 12.65° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.3 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 26.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 29 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4733 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
1.281 AU
Eccentricity
0.2084
Perihelion
1.014 AU
Aphelion
1.54796 AU
Inclination
12.65°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
117.89°

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-Jun-25 02:43 0.160211 AU
23967184 km
12.76 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
26.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47325
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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