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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 EO61

2015 EO61

2015 EO61 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.456 AU it takes 1.76 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 56
Orbital Period · P
1.76 yr
v(q)
63.1 km/s
v(Q)
9.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.19 km
TJ
4.29
Eccentricity · e
0.7346

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.386 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.526 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.14 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.456 AU gives an orbital period of 1.76 yr, or about 642 days.

The high eccentricity (0.735) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 1.98° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 63.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 9.7 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 = 21.41 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.19 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 56 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.8174 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
1.456 AU
Eccentricity
0.7346
Perihelion
0.386 AU
Aphelion
2.525578 AU
Inclination
1.98°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
95.53°

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-Nov-13 13:02 0.249819 AU
37372428 km
17.63 km/s
2034-Nov-19 21:22 0.088678 AU
13266079 km
22.35 km/s
2041-Nov-26 17:53 0.078348 AU
11720625 km
27.35 km/s
2045-Mar-09 00:46 0.451448 AU
67535589 km
39.18 km/s
2048-Dec-03 22:49 0.244938 AU
36642191 km
32.56 km/s
2052-Mar-15 19:59 0.302704 AU
45283853 km
34.32 km/s
2055-Dec-11 08:19 0.386892 AU
57878258 km
37.14 km/s
2059-Mar-23 02:16 0.161314 AU
24132233 km
29.84 km/s
2066-Mar-29 05:14 0.024733 AU
3699954 km
25.46 km/s
2073-Apr-02 14:11 0.093083 AU
13924992 km
22.30 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
21.41

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.81739
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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