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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 HO1

2018 HO1

2018 HO1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.193 AU it takes 1.30 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 107
Orbital Period · P
1.30 yr
v(q)
32.1 km/s
v(Q)
23.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.28
Eccentricity · e
0.1615

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.386 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.386 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.193 AU gives an orbital period of 1.30 yr, or about 476 days.

An eccentricity of 0.162 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 12.56° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.2 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.31 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 107 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4513 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
1.193 AU
Eccentricity
0.1615
Perihelion
1.0 AU
Aphelion
1.38567 AU
Inclination
12.56°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
115.04°

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-Apr-29 13:05 0.080207 AU
11998863 km
10.20 km/s
2044-May-09 10:55 0.200925 AU
30057970 km
14.80 km/s
2069-Oct-20 13:26 0.349871 AU
52339911 km
8.39 km/s
2074-Apr-17 12:45 0.022276 AU
3332442 km
7.08 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
25.31

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45135
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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