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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 AE45

2015 AE45

2015 AE45 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.367 AU it takes 1.60 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 29
Orbital Period · P
1.60 yr
v(q)
34.8 km/s
v(Q)
18.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.77
Eccentricity · e
0.3027

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.953 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.781 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.828 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.367 AU gives an orbital period of 1.60 yr, or about 584 days.

An eccentricity of 0.303 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.5° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.6 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 = 25.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 29 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.8198 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.367 AU
Eccentricity
0.3027
Perihelion
0.953 AU
Aphelion
1.780791 AU
Inclination
9.5°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
73.01°

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
2030-Dec-19 00:27 0.088396 AU
13223856 km
6.21 km/s
2046-Oct-04 16:58 0.193457 AU
28940683 km
9.62 km/s
2054-Sep-24 12:58 0.285587 AU
42723250 km
13.91 km/s
2055-Feb-28 12:26 0.429289 AU
64220745 km
5.89 km/s
2062-Sep-16 05:27 0.415984 AU
62230368 km
18.30 km/s
2074-Feb-02 15:25 0.404376 AU
60493729 km
19.63 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
25.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.81978
Condition
6
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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