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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 QN433

2014 QN433

2014 QN433 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.145 AU it takes 1.23 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 15
Orbital Period · P
1.23 yr
v(q)
44.8 km/s
v(Q)
17.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
5.38
Eccentricity · e
0.4432

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.638 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.652 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.014 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.145 AU gives an orbital period of 1.23 yr, or about 448 days.

The high eccentricity (0.443) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 4.18° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.3 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 = 22.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.12 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 15 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3945 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.145 AU
Eccentricity
0.4432
Perihelion
0.638 AU
Aphelion
1.652464 AU
Inclination
4.18°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
122.09°

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
2030-Oct-05 04:04 0.029914 AU
4475090 km
14.43 km/s
2032-Apr-25 23:53 0.013915 AU
2081642 km
14.20 km/s
2037-Jan-29 00:37 0.342503 AU
51237685 km
14.11 km/s
2037-May-29 12:40 0.459939 AU
68805830 km
9.67 km/s
2041-Oct-21 22:57 0.155407 AU
23248610 km
7.83 km/s
2043-May-08 00:10 0.224673 AU
33610531 km
21.27 km/s
2046-Sep-19 00:53 0.326435 AU
48834003 km
24.82 km/s
2052-Sep-12 04:02 0.341142 AU
51034083 km
8.67 km/s
2057-Sep-29 20:11 0.040912 AU
6120352 km
17.84 km/s
2059-Apr-21 17:23 0.003127 AU
467830 km
11.13 km/s
2068-Oct-08 00:33 0.022786 AU
3408721 km
12.68 km/s
2070-Apr-29 22:33 0.003762 AU
562779 km
16.23 km/s
2075-May-24 09:22 0.368686 AU
55154592 km
9.13 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
22.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.39451
Condition
6
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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