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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 SH142

2014 SH142

2014 SH142 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.102 AU it takes 1.16 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 61
Orbital Period · P
1.16 yr
v(q)
49.9 km/s
v(Q)
16.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
5.5
Eccentricity · e
0.5104

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.539 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.664 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.125 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.102 AU gives an orbital period of 1.16 yr, or about 423 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 11.67° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.9 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 = 22.37 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 61 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5782 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
1.102 AU
Eccentricity
0.5104
Perihelion
0.539 AU
Aphelion
1.664461 AU
Inclination
11.67°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
118.2°

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-Jan-27 14:16 0.210587 AU
31503412 km
13.34 km/s
2028-May-23 17:17 0.481383 AU
72013860 km
19.66 km/s
2029-Sep-07 04:22 0.234918 AU
35143179 km
23.62 km/s
2034-Jan-05 13:18 0.293614 AU
43924086 km
24.08 km/s
2035-Apr-16 17:01 0.464084 AU
69426047 km
20.42 km/s
2036-Aug-26 04:18 0.148060 AU
22149447 km
13.47 km/s
2042-Mar-02 15:39 0.346403 AU
51821196 km
14.41 km/s
2043-Jun-18 07:41 0.444859 AU
66549996 km
15.81 km/s
2043-Sep-18 02:33 0.453934 AU
67907613 km
11.84 km/s
2044-Sep-15 16:20 0.431418 AU
64539202 km
29.74 km/s
2049-Jan-15 17:19 0.171919 AU
25718740 km
17.99 km/s
2050-May-06 19:33 0.484078 AU
72417033 km
20.88 km/s
2051-Sep-01 06:10 0.085723 AU
12823908 km
18.69 km/s
2055-Dec-29 00:53 0.442184 AU
66149773 km
29.34 km/s
2057-Mar-28 18:54 0.425664 AU
63678375 km
18.44 km/s
2058-Sep-01 06:19 0.302775 AU
45294521 km
10.95 km/s
2064-Feb-03 01:50 0.243156 AU
36375568 km
12.36 km/s
2065-May-29 14:43 0.476704 AU
71313903 km
19.01 km/s
2066-Sep-09 16:16 0.281041 AU
42043162 km
25.04 km/s
2071-Jan-08 06:05 0.257707 AU
38552493 km
22.70 km/s
2072-Apr-20 16:12 0.470729 AU
70420123 km
20.67 km/s
2073-Aug-27 07:01 0.111779 AU
16721961 km
14.48 km/s
2079-Jan-09 08:57 0.430438 AU
64392644 km
8.86 km/s
2079-Mar-08 13:33 0.364370 AU
54508908 km
15.24 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
22.37

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.57821
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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