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2014 US7

2014 US7 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.859 AU and a period of 0.80 yr.

Aten Observations: 111
Orbital Period · P
0.80 yr
v(q)
42.5 km/s
v(Q)
24.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
6.83
Eccentricity · e
0.2729

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.624 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.093 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.469 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.859 AU gives an orbital period of 0.80 yr, or about 291 days.

An eccentricity of 0.273 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.86° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.3 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 = 26.6 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 111 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4514 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
0.8589 AU
Eccentricity
0.2729
Perihelion
0.624 AU
Aphelion
1.093294 AU
Inclination
9.86°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
331.22°

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
2026-Nov-25 03:03 0.161344 AU
24136662 km
6.98 km/s
2027-Feb-24 02:09 0.242770 AU
36317930 km
6.74 km/s
2030-Jul-29 15:44 0.349015 AU
52211862 km
8.51 km/s
2031-Jan-01 19:53 0.171635 AU
25676295 km
6.52 km/s
2034-Jul-06 08:06 0.386613 AU
57836508 km
11.44 km/s
2035-Jan-13 02:52 0.201652 AU
30166759 km
11.00 km/s
2038-Jun-14 14:53 0.401893 AU
60122362 km
13.30 km/s
2039-Jan-07 02:25 0.325425 AU
48682938 km
16.35 km/s
2041-Oct-25 07:47 0.380225 AU
56880816 km
20.02 km/s
2042-May-25 06:49 0.398228 AU
59574110 km
13.98 km/s
2042-Dec-31 03:51 0.475481 AU
71130889 km
21.73 km/s
2045-Oct-19 18:56 0.217137 AU
32483164 km
14.95 km/s
2046-May-05 06:12 0.378936 AU
56687993 km
13.60 km/s
2049-Oct-16 16:39 0.056116 AU
8394835 km
10.21 km/s
2050-Apr-14 23:45 0.345748 AU
51723104 km
12.25 km/s
2053-Oct-26 19:12 0.088550 AU
13246870 km
7.13 km/s
2054-Mar-22 03:06 0.297037 AU
44436114 km
9.83 km/s
2057-Aug-19 21:58 0.307991 AU
46074839 km
5.68 km/s
2057-Dec-05 13:22 0.170011 AU
25433270 km
6.84 km/s
2061-Jul-15 00:14 0.375002 AU
56099453 km
10.41 km/s
2062-Jan-14 02:39 0.176739 AU
26439739 km
9.13 km/s
2065-Jun-19 23:19 0.400096 AU
59853503 km
12.92 km/s
2066-Jan-08 12:58 0.291981 AU
43679806 km
15.07 km/s
2068-Oct-26 09:19 0.407596 AU
60975559 km
20.88 km/s
2069-May-28 08:54 0.399850 AU
59816731 km
13.93 km/s
2070-Jan-01 01:29 0.453833 AU
67892519 km
20.97 km/s
2072-Oct-20 03:22 0.226996 AU
33958161 km
15.26 km/s
2073-May-06 03:23 0.380119 AU
56865001 km
13.63 km/s
2076-Oct-16 10:21 0.057491 AU
8600457 km
10.26 km/s
2077-Apr-15 00:26 0.345881 AU
51743003 km
12.26 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
26.6

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45144
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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