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2017 HF1

2017 HF1 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.977 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 78
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
64.4 km/s
v(Q)
14.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
5.97
Eccentricity · e
0.6407

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.351 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.603 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.252 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.977 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 353 days.

The high eccentricity (0.641) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.22° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 64.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 14.1 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 = 22.69 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.1 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 78 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4688 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
0.9773 AU
Eccentricity
0.6407
Perihelion
0.351 AU
Aphelion
1.603456 AU
Inclination
13.22°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
93.62°

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
2033-Jan-25 22:10 0.307851 AU
46053919 km
29.28 km/s
2034-Jan-17 06:48 0.218683 AU
32714569 km
22.88 km/s
2035-Jan-09 23:52 0.233543 AU
34937483 km
16.71 km/s
2036-Jan-17 14:11 0.360894 AU
53988915 km
13.18 km/s
2044-Apr-19 02:17 0.329701 AU
49322547 km
14.52 km/s
2045-Apr-28 13:44 0.142474 AU
21313873 km
15.80 km/s
2046-Apr-26 17:52 0.009421 AU
1409366 km
20.59 km/s
2047-Apr-20 05:59 0.091301 AU
13658362 km
26.34 km/s
2048-Apr-11 11:03 0.291255 AU
43571057 km
32.40 km/s
2061-Jan-31 16:03 0.395590 AU
59179423 km
33.23 km/s
2062-Jan-22 22:23 0.251834 AU
37673778 km
26.88 km/s
2063-Jan-14 15:54 0.219992 AU
32910308 km
20.63 km/s
2064-Jan-09 05:25 0.247292 AU
36994302 km
14.76 km/s
2065-Jan-23 10:02 0.388514 AU
58120901 km
13.53 km/s
2072-Apr-09 13:23 0.405662 AU
60686120 km
15.00 km/s
2073-Apr-21 21:42 0.234522 AU
35083963 km
14.48 km/s
2074-Apr-29 07:34 0.025985 AU
3887280 km
16.49 km/s
2075-Apr-26 04:45 0.008592 AU
1285291 km
21.50 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
22.69

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46883
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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