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2015 FG37

2015 FG37 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.637 AU once every 2.09 yr.

Amor Observations: 143
Orbital Period · P
2.09 yr
v(q)
34.4 km/s
v(Q)
15.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.16 km
TJ
4.2
Eccentricity · e
0.3711

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.03 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.244 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.214 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.637 AU gives an orbital period of 2.09 yr, or about 765 days.

An eccentricity of 0.371 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.11° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.8 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.7 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.16 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 143 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4449 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
1.637 AU
Eccentricity
0.3711
Perihelion
1.03 AU
Aphelion
2.244491 AU
Inclination
10.11°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
89.96°

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
2036-Apr-19 17:48 0.304942 AU
45618628 km
14.70 km/s
2036-Aug-21 22:16 0.445347 AU
66622925 km
5.48 km/s
2038-Apr-16 19:40 0.386564 AU
57829084 km
4.86 km/s
2038-Aug-02 03:34 0.268572 AU
40177843 km
12.50 km/s
2059-May-12 21:45 0.168334 AU
25182439 km
5.90 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
21.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44489
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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