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2014 UG57

2014 UG57 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.634 AU once every 2.09 yr.

Amor Observations: 56
Orbital Period · P
2.09 yr
v(q)
34.2 km/s
v(Q)
15.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
4.21
Eccentricity · e
0.366

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.036 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.232 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.196 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.634 AU gives an orbital period of 2.09 yr, or about 763 days.

An eccentricity of 0.366 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.4° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.9 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 22.79 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.1 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 56 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4618 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
1.634 AU
Eccentricity
0.366
Perihelion
1.036 AU
Aphelion
2.232044 AU
Inclination
11.4°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
175.08°

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-Nov-13 18:49 0.161735 AU
24195184 km
9.70 km/s
2039-Oct-16 15:49 0.471975 AU
70606503 km
6.24 km/s
2040-Feb-04 10:00 0.476067 AU
71218557 km
16.41 km/s
2060-Nov-05 06:00 0.324667 AU
48569462 km
14.68 km/s
2061-Feb-25 07:14 0.420253 AU
62868948 km
4.91 km/s
2062-Nov-14 00:17 0.310410 AU
46436703 km
5.87 km/s
2063-Jan-15 10:41 0.309372 AU
46281463 km
9.82 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
22.79

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.4618
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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