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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 EC3

2024 EC3

2024 EC3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.302 AU it takes 1.49 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 31
Orbital Period · P
1.49 yr
v(q)
34.7 km/s
v(Q)
19.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
4.95
Eccentricity · e
0.2771

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.941 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.663 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.722 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.302 AU gives an orbital period of 1.49 yr, or about 543 days.

An eccentricity of 0.277 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.59° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.6 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 = 28.61 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 31 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4329 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
1.302 AU
Eccentricity
0.2771
Perihelion
0.941 AU
Aphelion
1.662784 AU
Inclination
6.59°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
158.73°

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-Feb-26 08:57 0.166016 AU
24835651 km
12.34 km/s
2027-Aug-18 14:34 0.405992 AU
60735564 km
6.66 km/s
2030-Feb-15 17:50 0.343283 AU
51354472 km
18.03 km/s
2030-Sep-03 13:26 0.484970 AU
72550418 km
8.11 km/s
2061-Jul-15 23:52 0.225005 AU
33660285 km
17.59 km/s
2076-Feb-22 23:52 0.186244 AU
27861685 km
14.42 km/s
2076-Aug-24 21:43 0.416648 AU
62329636 km
7.28 km/s
2079-Feb-12 18:27 0.399663 AU
59788734 km
20.29 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
28.61

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43287
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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