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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 XK6

2014 XK6

2014 XK6 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.711 AU it takes 4.46 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 96
Orbital Period · P
4.46 yr
v(q)
46.6 km/s
v(Q)
7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.5 km
TJ
2.87
Eccentricity · e
0.7378

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.711 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 4.711 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 4 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.711 AU gives an orbital period of 4.46 yr, or about 1,630 days.

The high eccentricity (0.738) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.04° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 7 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 = 19.27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.5 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 96 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4654 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
2.711 AU
Eccentricity
0.7378
Perihelion
0.711 AU
Aphelion
4.711176 AU
Inclination
14.04°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
223.88°

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
2032-Jun-26 13:06 0.289872 AU
43364280 km
15.37 km/s
2041-Jun-02 17:18 0.266180 AU
39819891 km
21.17 km/s
2050-May-15 00:54 0.473331 AU
70809298 km
30.98 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
19.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46545
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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