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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 OP344

2014 OP344

2014 OP344 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.63 AU it takes 2.08 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 42
Orbital Period · P
2.08 yr
v(q)
56.2 km/s
v(Q)
9.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.26 km
TJ
3.97
Eccentricity · e
0.7058

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.479 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.78 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.301 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.63 AU gives an orbital period of 2.08 yr, or about 760 days.

The high eccentricity (0.706) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.6° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 56.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 9.7 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 = 20.69 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.26 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 42 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4764 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
1.63 AU
Eccentricity
0.7058
Perihelion
0.479 AU
Aphelion
2.780454 AU
Inclination
10.6°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
192.45°

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
2037-Sep-02 15:17 0.140246 AU
20980430 km
23.67 km/s
2039-Oct-29 10:00 0.432898 AU
64760553 km
17.85 km/s
2044-Feb-09 08:49 0.416803 AU
62352911 km
19.66 km/s
2046-Apr-04 04:54 0.183881 AU
27508170 km
23.63 km/s
2062-Aug-24 08:07 0.283842 AU
42462224 km
29.80 km/s
2064-Sep-17 15:09 0.276957 AU
41432203 km
15.27 km/s
2069-Jan-16 06:39 0.476725 AU
71317091 km
24.43 km/s
2071-Mar-21 16:05 0.243427 AU
36416105 km
17.49 km/s
2073-Apr-18 17:10 0.370688 AU
55454141 km
32.02 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
20.69

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47641
Condition
1
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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