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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 HS11

2015 HS11

2015 HS11 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.165 AU it takes 1.26 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 88
Orbital Period · P
1.26 yr
v(q)
31.7 km/s
v(Q)
24.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.4
Eccentricity · e
0.1361

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.006 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.324 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.318 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.165 AU gives an orbital period of 1.26 yr, or about 459 days.

An eccentricity of 0.136 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.94° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.1 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 27.1 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 88 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3588 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
1.165 AU
Eccentricity
0.1361
Perihelion
1.006 AU
Aphelion
1.323556 AU
Inclination
4.94°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
281.69°

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
2054-Apr-15 11:53 0.183527 AU
27455264 km
8.74 km/s
2059-Apr-28 15:55 0.023903 AU
3575883 km
4.30 km/s
2064-Apr-29 14:55 0.018829 AU
2816754 km
4.02 km/s
2069-Apr-18 05:10 0.087564 AU
13099422 km
7.46 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
27.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.35884
Condition
5
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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