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NASA JPL SBDB · 2017 HS3

2017 HS3

2017 HS3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.058 AU it takes 1.09 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 49
Orbital Period · P
1.09 yr
v(q)
33.3 km/s
v(Q)
25.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.8
Eccentricity · e
0.1389

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.911 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.205 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.294 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.058 AU gives an orbital period of 1.09 yr, or about 397 days.

An eccentricity of 0.139 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.23° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.2 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 = 25.6 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 49 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4656 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
1.058 AU
Eccentricity
0.1389
Perihelion
0.911 AU
Aphelion
1.204956 AU
Inclination
10.23°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
218.78°

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
2027-Oct-12 14:28 0.418853 AU
62659487 km
18.28 km/s
2028-Oct-23 11:15 0.070441 AU
10537797 km
5.50 km/s
2030-Apr-24 14:05 0.303598 AU
45417607 km
15.11 km/s
2040-Oct-26 00:30 0.029408 AU
4399384 km
7.73 km/s
2042-Apr-18 07:51 0.137346 AU
20546682 km
10.85 km/s
2052-Oct-19 12:16 0.278789 AU
41706254 km
13.15 km/s
2053-Sep-12 01:09 0.226581 AU
33895984 km
5.07 km/s
2054-Apr-12 06:15 0.027593 AU
4127814 km
6.19 km/s
2065-Oct-26 14:41 0.034974 AU
5231998 km
6.51 km/s
2067-Apr-20 23:37 0.129501 AU
19373020 km
12.20 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
25.6

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46558
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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