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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 DR215

2015 DR215

2015 DR215 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 0.667 AU it takes 0.54 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 82
Orbital Period · P
0.54 yr
v(q)
60.9 km/s
v(Q)
21.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.28 km
TJ
8.44
Eccentricity · e
0.4715

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.352 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 0.981 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.629 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.667 AU gives an orbital period of 0.54 yr, or about 199 days.

The high eccentricity (0.471) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 4.06° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 60.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.9 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 20.51 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.28 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 82 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.511 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
0.6666 AU
Eccentricity
0.4715
Perihelion
0.352 AU
Aphelion
0.980902 AU
Inclination
4.06°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
91.82°

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
2027-Mar-23 18:00 0.458649 AU
68612974 km
24.55 km/s
2028-Mar-22 05:50 0.056852 AU
8504894 km
8.49 km/s
2029-Mar-07 15:35 0.371621 AU
55593744 km
21.32 km/s
2034-Mar-30 18:20 0.093491 AU
13985992 km
10.35 km/s
2035-Mar-05 01:29 0.286882 AU
42916980 km
18.27 km/s
2035-Jun-19 10:29 0.490334 AU
73352910 km
10.85 km/s
2040-Apr-01 00:02 0.153170 AU
22913921 km
12.96 km/s
2041-Mar-02 07:22 0.210728 AU
31524510 km
15.52 km/s
2041-Jun-03 02:13 0.444964 AU
66565669 km
5.16 km/s
2045-Dec-23 22:37 0.448309 AU
67066056 km
7.96 km/s
2046-Mar-31 15:02 0.223758 AU
33473770 km
15.76 km/s
2047-Mar-01 14:12 0.135876 AU
20326703 km
12.73 km/s
2051-Dec-12 12:29 0.488038 AU
73009494 km
12.22 km/s
2052-Mar-29 10:37 0.290581 AU
43470350 km
18.31 km/s
2053-Mar-01 22:34 0.080584 AU
12055172 km
10.52 km/s
2058-Mar-28 09:11 0.339843 AU
50839799 km
20.14 km/s
2059-Mar-05 08:54 0.052160 AU
7803059 km
9.16 km/s
2064-Mar-26 09:50 0.382120 AU
57164319 km
21.71 km/s
2065-Mar-09 13:44 0.044539 AU
6662925 km
8.45 km/s
2066-Mar-11 23:13 0.464469 AU
69483562 km
24.67 km/s
2070-Mar-25 16:23 0.414661 AU
62032340 km
22.93 km/s
2071-Mar-15 10:41 0.047138 AU
7051748 km
8.18 km/s
2072-Mar-09 22:25 0.427408 AU
63939268 km
23.33 km/s
2076-Mar-23 08:02 0.461837 AU
69089821 km
24.69 km/s
2077-Mar-22 23:57 0.056316 AU
8424736 km
8.48 km/s
2078-Mar-08 09:15 0.375973 AU
56244701 km
21.49 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
20.51

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.51095
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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