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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 HM4

2023 HM4

2023 HM4 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.014 AU it takes 1.02 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 102
Orbital Period · P
1.02 yr
v(q)
31.1 km/s
v(Q)
28.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.01
Eccentricity · e
0.049

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.964 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.064 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.1 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.014 AU gives an orbital period of 1.02 yr, or about 373 days.

With e = 0.049, the orbit is close to circular.

Its inclination of 1.54° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 28.2 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 = 27.69 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 102 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4715 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
1.014 AU
Eccentricity
0.049
Perihelion
0.964 AU
Aphelion
1.063686 AU
Inclination
1.54°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
129.17°

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-Apr-16 18:23 0.473971 AU
70905001 km
15.01 km/s
2067-Oct-02 18:07 0.373746 AU
55911557 km
12.07 km/s
2068-Oct-09 15:49 0.243394 AU
36411167 km
8.19 km/s
2069-Oct-18 19:20 0.116441 AU
17419340 km
4.42 km/s
2070-Nov-04 00:39 0.012788 AU
1913035 km
1.42 km/s
2071-Oct-22 04:18 0.021706 AU
3247242 km
1.57 km/s
2072-Sep-26 11:21 0.126065 AU
18858994 km
4.42 km/s
2073-Sep-14 11:04 0.250373 AU
37455333 km
8.04 km/s
2074-Sep-04 15:46 0.378217 AU
56580491 km
11.78 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
27.69

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47152
Condition
2
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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