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2017 UQ7

2017 UQ7 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.082 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 62
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
44.8 km/s
v(Q)
18.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.63
Eccentricity · e
0.4194

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.628 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.536 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.908 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.082 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 411 days.

The high eccentricity (0.419) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.52° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.3 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 = 25.25 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 62 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3221 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
1.082 AU
Eccentricity
0.4194
Perihelion
0.628 AU
Aphelion
1.535791 AU
Inclination
8.52°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
293.23°

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-Mar-28 18:05 0.073443 AU
10986871 km
11.53 km/s
2034-Jul-21 15:28 0.392995 AU
58791177 km
15.06 km/s
2034-Dec-02 17:14 0.457705 AU
68471630 km
10.89 km/s
2035-Oct-29 06:26 0.080652 AU
12065354 km
18.68 km/s
2043-Nov-24 10:37 0.394329 AU
58990852 km
10.28 km/s
2044-Nov-02 05:18 0.174962 AU
26173911 km
21.98 km/s
2050-Mar-02 04:39 0.381624 AU
57090138 km
28.15 km/s
2053-Nov-07 14:22 0.294411 AU
44043311 km
25.61 km/s
2059-Mar-07 23:47 0.271801 AU
40660874 km
24.44 km/s
2060-Feb-25 00:23 0.364069 AU
54463919 km
9.22 km/s
2068-Mar-13 00:03 0.176805 AU
26449680 km
20.60 km/s
2069-Feb-12 00:10 0.452757 AU
67731479 km
10.29 km/s
2069-Jun-13 13:17 0.373454 AU
55867883 km
14.72 km/s
2070-Oct-17 16:19 0.099577 AU
14896546 km
9.98 km/s
2077-Mar-18 19:36 0.110378 AU
16512341 km
17.06 km/s
2078-Jun-28 11:06 0.399551 AU
59771978 km
15.46 km/s
2079-Oct-21 18:30 0.030731 AU
4597233 km
13.14 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
25.25

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.32211
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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