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NASA JPL SBDB · 2017 HE49

2017 HE49

2017 HE49 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.18 AU once every 1.28 yr.

Amor Observations: 53
Orbital Period · P
1.28 yr
v(q)
31.2 km/s
v(Q)
24.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
5.35
Eccentricity · e
0.1279

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.029 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.331 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.302 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.18 AU gives an orbital period of 1.28 yr, or about 468 days.

An eccentricity of 0.128 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.03° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.1 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 = 23.74 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 53 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6779 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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
1.18 AU
Eccentricity
0.1279
Perihelion
1.029 AU
Aphelion
1.330922 AU
Inclination
8.03°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
290.6°

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-Jun-22 12:51 0.142725 AU
21351344 km
4.08 km/s
2035-Oct-14 17:08 0.083323 AU
12464916 km
5.02 km/s
2044-Jul-06 23:38 0.164492 AU
24607666 km
5.19 km/s
2044-Oct-24 20:45 0.126027 AU
18853433 km
4.29 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
23.74

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.67786
Condition
0
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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