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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 FQ

2015 FQ

2015 FQ belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.245 AU it takes 3.36 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 151
Orbital Period · P
3.36 yr
v(q)
48.8 km/s
v(Q)
8.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
3.24
Eccentricity · e
0.7153

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.639 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.851 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 3.212 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.245 AU gives an orbital period of 3.36 yr, or about 1,229 days.

The high eccentricity (0.715) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 2.4° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 48.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 8.1 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 = 22.28 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.12 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 151 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4434 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 3 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
2.245 AU
Eccentricity
0.7153
Perihelion
0.639 AU
Aphelion
3.850849 AU
Inclination
2.4°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
101.23°

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
2035-Sep-17 09:38 0.103141 AU
15429720 km
17.58 km/s
2042-Mar-15 11:08 0.417041 AU
62388379 km
33.57 km/s
2045-Oct-17 04:14 0.402427 AU
60202240 km
33.09 km/s
2052-Apr-07 02:27 0.012970 AU
1940268 km
20.47 km/s
2062-Jul-13 01:57 0.387036 AU
57899798 km
19.85 km/s
2072-Sep-13 17:34 0.141657 AU
21191527 km
16.32 km/s
2079-Mar-13 09:14 0.433245 AU
64812470 km
35.10 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
22.28

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44335
Condition
3
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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