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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 HO18

2023 HO18

2023 HO18 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.146 AU it takes 1.23 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 363
Orbital Period · P
1.23 yr
v(q)
31.3 km/s
v(Q)
24.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.47
Eccentricity · e
0.118

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.011 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.281 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.27 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.146 AU gives an orbital period of 1.23 yr, or about 448 days.

An eccentricity of 0.118 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.32° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.7 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.47 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 363 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3277 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 4 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
1.146 AU
Eccentricity
0.118
Perihelion
1.011 AU
Aphelion
1.281228 AU
Inclination
7.32°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
147.93°

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
2028-Dec-12 08:05 0.294566 AU
44066384 km
6.47 km/s
2034-Mar-03 11:30 0.254413 AU
38059642 km
3.59 km/s
2034-Aug-04 06:48 0.226269 AU
33849311 km
8.20 km/s
2039-May-07 04:01 0.299813 AU
44851448 km
11.62 km/s
2039-Nov-10 21:20 0.254986 AU
38145326 km
5.66 km/s
2045-Jan-17 08:05 0.300881 AU
45011123 km
5.96 km/s
2045-Aug-26 05:40 0.478845 AU
71634212 km
16.01 km/s
2050-May-28 10:03 0.038664 AU
5784058 km
5.07 km/s
2055-Dec-31 08:42 0.299195 AU
44758924 km
6.33 km/s
2061-Jun-02 10:45 0.003046 AU
455675 km
4.62 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
25.47

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.32775
Condition
4
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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