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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 QF434

2014 QF434

2014 QF434 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.083 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 54
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
50.6 km/s
v(Q)
16.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.13 km
TJ
5.56
Eccentricity · e
0.5155

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.525 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.641 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.116 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.083 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 412 days.

The high eccentricity (0.515) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.01° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 50.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.2 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 = 22.13 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.13 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 54 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7041 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
1.083 AU
Eccentricity
0.5155
Perihelion
0.525 AU
Aphelion
1.641286 AU
Inclination
16.01°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
260.19°

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
2029-Dec-31 15:47 0.276026 AU
41292907 km
14.73 km/s
2031-Apr-02 18:26 0.483933 AU
72395382 km
22.88 km/s
2032-Aug-08 06:16 0.248955 AU
37243168 km
13.04 km/s
2039-Jan-15 09:36 0.313322 AU
46872311 km
14.26 km/s
2040-Apr-11 23:28 0.492366 AU
73656836 km
22.65 km/s
2041-Aug-06 15:36 0.183804 AU
27496651 km
14.67 km/s
2048-Jan-31 06:26 0.354233 AU
52992516 km
15.99 km/s
2049-Apr-22 12:21 0.495557 AU
74134230 km
21.90 km/s
2050-Aug-08 01:29 0.151193 AU
22618185 km
17.05 km/s
2055-Dec-02 16:44 0.456144 AU
68238126 km
28.05 km/s
2056-Nov-30 10:58 0.488193 AU
73032706 km
10.38 km/s
2057-Feb-12 22:22 0.389686 AU
58296197 km
18.06 km/s
2058-May-03 16:15 0.493089 AU
73765126 km
20.53 km/s
2059-Aug-11 03:32 0.178180 AU
26655296 km
19.85 km/s
2064-Dec-07 11:46 0.375371 AU
56154678 km
24.80 km/s
2066-Feb-25 12:42 0.420142 AU
62852385 km
19.92 km/s
2067-May-16 03:31 0.481867 AU
72086289 km
18.34 km/s
2067-Aug-30 08:19 0.472152 AU
70632991 km
13.18 km/s
2068-Aug-14 02:15 0.250192 AU
37428218 km
22.86 km/s
2073-Dec-13 14:52 0.308130 AU
46095592 km
21.52 km/s
2075-Mar-09 06:48 0.445180 AU
66597967 km
21.39 km/s
2076-May-29 13:56 0.458878 AU
68647149 km
15.20 km/s
2076-Aug-23 03:02 0.414270 AU
61973890 km
12.77 km/s
2077-Aug-18 11:21 0.338181 AU
50591176 km
25.95 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
22.13

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.70409
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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