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2017 HA5

2017 HA5 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.858 AU and a period of 0.79 yr.

Aten Observations: 21
Orbital Period · P
0.79 yr
v(q)
40 km/s
v(Q)
25.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.86
Eccentricity · e
0.214

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.674 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.041 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.367 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.858 AU gives an orbital period of 0.79 yr, or about 290 days.

An eccentricity of 0.214 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.72° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.9 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 = 27.5 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 21 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7247 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
0.8575 AU
Eccentricity
0.214
Perihelion
0.674 AU
Aphelion
1.041005 AU
Inclination
1.72°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
12.58°

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
2028-Oct-14 18:40 0.321549 AU
48103081 km
10.15 km/s
2029-May-05 09:45 0.451628 AU
67562611 km
20.08 km/s
2032-Mar-13 12:46 0.331396 AU
49576206 km
16.56 km/s
2032-Sep-18 08:29 0.312761 AU
46788429 km
9.56 km/s
2036-Mar-06 15:06 0.123785 AU
18517913 km
10.45 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
27.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.72474
Condition
7
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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