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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 HO

2018 HO

2018 HO belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.304 AU it takes 1.49 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 63
Orbital Period · P
1.49 yr
v(q)
32.6 km/s
v(Q)
20.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
4.96
Eccentricity · e
0.2195

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.017 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.59 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.573 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.304 AU gives an orbital period of 1.49 yr, or about 544 days.

An eccentricity of 0.22 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.77° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.9 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 26.77 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 63 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4218 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
1.304 AU
Eccentricity
0.2195
Perihelion
1.017 AU
Aphelion
1.590228 AU
Inclination
5.77°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
170.71°

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-Mar-01 17:49 0.337337 AU
50464887 km
13.93 km/s
2027-Jul-28 08:34 0.363512 AU
54380676 km
4.84 km/s
2030-Aug-12 23:44 0.423199 AU
63309654 km
6.24 km/s
2033-Aug-25 13:51 0.471325 AU
70509170 km
7.26 km/s
2066-Dec-10 07:03 0.454416 AU
67979735 km
7.38 km/s
2069-Dec-22 18:19 0.398058 AU
59548692 km
6.36 km/s
2070-Jun-14 10:20 0.406418 AU
60799308 km
17.61 km/s
2073-Jun-05 00:04 0.260371 AU
38950978 km
13.36 km/s
2076-May-24 20:29 0.124581 AU
18637087 km
9.20 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
26.77

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.42176
Condition
6
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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