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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 VE

2015 VE

2015 VE belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.099 AU it takes 1.15 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 84
Orbital Period · P
1.15 yr
v(q)
32.2 km/s
v(Q)
25.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
5.64
Eccentricity · e
0.1247

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.962 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.236 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.274 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.099 AU gives an orbital period of 1.15 yr, or about 421 days.

An eccentricity of 0.125 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.36° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.1 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 = 25.8 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 84 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4866 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
1.099 AU
Eccentricity
0.1247
Perihelion
0.962 AU
Aphelion
1.236045 AU
Inclination
8.36°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
117.54°

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
2030-Jun-02 13:16 0.114084 AU
17066666 km
5.26 km/s
2038-Nov-06 15:02 0.122361 AU
18304989 km
9.47 km/s
2053-May-13 19:29 0.138805 AU
20764907 km
5.01 km/s
2053-Oct-22 09:07 0.008723 AU
1305002 km
4.82 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
25.8

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48656
Condition
6
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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