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2017 EN4

2017 EN4 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.334 AU it takes 1.54 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 50
Orbital Period · P
1.54 yr
v(q)
60.8 km/s
v(Q)
10.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.3 km
TJ
4.6
Eccentricity · e
0.6949

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.407 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.261 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.854 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.334 AU gives an orbital period of 1.54 yr, or about 563 days.

The high eccentricity (0.695) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.49° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 60.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10.9 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 = 20.35 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.3 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 50 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.463 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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
1.334 AU
Eccentricity
0.6949
Perihelion
0.407 AU
Aphelion
2.260997 AU
Inclination
17.49°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
315.86°

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
2029-Nov-03 19:57 0.258657 AU
38694542 km
18.17 km/s
2032-Nov-26 07:15 0.257771 AU
38561942 km
32.23 km/s
2034-Mar-18 03:31 0.272189 AU
40718880 km
31.32 km/s
2037-Apr-14 15:19 0.310428 AU
46439424 km
17.88 km/s
2049-Nov-10 22:39 0.127704 AU
19104203 km
22.19 km/s
2052-Dec-03 00:31 0.394582 AU
59028652 km
36.67 km/s
2054-Mar-25 05:23 0.179016 AU
26780442 km
27.11 km/s
2057-May-04 17:46 0.425979 AU
63725531 km
17.35 km/s
2066-Oct-03 07:41 0.463441 AU
69329830 km
16.51 km/s
2069-Nov-16 19:17 0.088808 AU
13285530 km
25.79 km/s
2071-Mar-08 04:49 0.456461 AU
68285604 km
37.87 km/s
2074-Mar-31 15:27 0.166412 AU
24894836 km
23.59 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
20.35

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46303
Condition
0
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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