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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 VV6

2014 VV6

2014 VV6 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.354 AU it takes 1.58 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 68
Orbital Period · P
1.58 yr
v(q)
33.3 km/s
v(Q)
19.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
4.81
Eccentricity · e
0.2581

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.005 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.703 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.698 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.354 AU gives an orbital period of 1.58 yr, or about 575 days.

An eccentricity of 0.258 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.59° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.7 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 24.56 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 68 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3292 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
1.354 AU
Eccentricity
0.2581
Perihelion
1.005 AU
Aphelion
1.703467 AU
Inclination
11.59°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
103.97°

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
2066-Nov-15 14:57 0.087877 AU
13146264 km
8.53 km/s
2077-Nov-23 08:22 0.079737 AU
11928464 km
6.75 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
24.56

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.3292
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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