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NASA JPL SBDB · 2017 QB35

2017 QB35

2017 QB35 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.93 AU and a period of 0.90 yr.

Aten Observations: 33
Orbital Period · P
0.90 yr
v(q)
35.5 km/s
v(Q)
26.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0 km
TJ
6.43
Eccentricity · e
0.139

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.801 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.059 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.258 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.93 AU gives an orbital period of 0.90 yr, or about 328 days.

An eccentricity of 0.139 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.81° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.9 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 = 29.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 33 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3043 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 4 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
0.9302 AU
Eccentricity
0.139
Perihelion
0.801 AU
Aphelion
1.059498 AU
Inclination
4.81°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
155.22°

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
2034-May-27 08:05 0.107602 AU
16096972 km
5.21 km/s
2034-Dec-11 08:03 0.181029 AU
27081558 km
4.56 km/s
2035-Aug-27 05:10 0.381276 AU
57038056 km
14.82 km/s
2043-Apr-15 22:37 0.113982 AU
17051399 km
3.19 km/s
2043-Aug-04 08:28 0.065893 AU
9857506 km
3.16 km/s
2051-Jun-11 08:02 0.433445 AU
64842422 km
15.91 km/s
2052-Mar-09 12:32 0.151565 AU
22673859 km
4.73 km/s
2052-Sep-04 07:43 0.018966 AU
2837264 km
4.34 km/s
2060-Jun-03 18:06 0.084619 AU
12658761 km
3.32 km/s
2060-Nov-18 13:23 0.158114 AU
23653589 km
3.48 km/s
2061-Aug-22 20:50 0.451599 AU
67558306 km
17.51 km/s
2068-Jun-05 07:17 0.218233 AU
32647130 km
10.52 km/s
2069-Sep-01 20:05 0.188215 AU
28156603 km
10.43 km/s
2076-Jun-15 17:51 0.426006 AU
63729636 km
17.39 km/s
2077-Sep-02 22:59 0.003804 AU
569005 km
4.06 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
29.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.30425
Condition
4
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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