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2017 UZ44

2017 UZ44 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.98 AU it takes 2.79 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 74
Orbital Period · P
2.79 yr
v(q)
49.7 km/s
v(Q)
9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.14 km
TJ
3.5
Eccentricity · e
0.6923

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.609 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.351 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.742 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.98 AU gives an orbital period of 2.79 yr, or about 1,018 days.

The high eccentricity (0.692) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.17° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 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 = 22.07 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 74 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4773 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
1.98 AU
Eccentricity
0.6923
Perihelion
0.609 AU
Aphelion
3.350754 AU
Inclination
11.17°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
54.21°

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
2031-Aug-22 07:24 0.377459 AU
56467024 km
18.11 km/s
2034-Apr-03 12:39 0.316178 AU
47299606 km
30.48 km/s
2042-Nov-10 21:09 0.497778 AU
74466589 km
36.12 km/s
2045-Jul-11 20:20 0.427622 AU
63971342 km
20.01 km/s
2056-Oct-26 19:26 0.199158 AU
29793605 km
27.04 km/s
2059-May-28 16:47 0.338625 AU
50657531 km
14.72 km/s
2070-Sep-29 11:48 0.214525 AU
32092522 km
16.05 km/s
2073-Apr-14 17:18 0.103959 AU
15552110 km
23.64 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
22.07

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47731
Condition
1
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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