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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 UQ56

2014 UQ56

2014 UQ56 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.437 AU it takes 1.72 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 112
Orbital Period · P
1.72 yr
v(q)
34.8 km/s
v(Q)
17.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.51 km
TJ
4.38
Eccentricity · e
0.324

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.971 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.903 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.932 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.437 AU gives an orbital period of 1.72 yr, or about 629 days.

An eccentricity of 0.324 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 39.91° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.8 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 = 19.21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.51 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 112 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5041 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
1.437 AU
Eccentricity
0.324
Perihelion
0.971 AU
Aphelion
1.902588 AU
Inclination
39.91°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
82.67°

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
2036-May-14 16:02 0.169470 AU
25352295 km
22.84 km/s
2043-Apr-10 13:09 0.489818 AU
73275656 km
27.12 km/s
2055-Apr-29 22:34 0.128060 AU
19157562 km
22.92 km/s
2067-May-19 02:11 0.233503 AU
34931558 km
23.24 km/s
2074-Apr-13 12:45 0.430399 AU
64386789 km
26.19 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
19.21

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.5041
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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