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NASA JPL SBDB · 2025 KC3

2025 KC3

2025 KC3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.74 AU it takes 4.54 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 77
Orbital Period · P
4.54 yr
v(q)
38.5 km/s
v(Q)
8.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.45 km
TJ
3
Eccentricity · e
0.6417

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.982 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 4.498 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 3.516 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.74 AU gives an orbital period of 4.54 yr, or about 1,657 days.

The high eccentricity (0.642) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.99° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 8.4 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 = 19.48 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.45 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 77 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4555 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
2.74 AU
Eccentricity
0.6417
Perihelion
0.982 AU
Aphelion
4.498258 AU
Inclination
6.99°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
75.23°

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
2034-Aug-24 21:23 0.075035 AU
11225018 km
11.79 km/s
2066-Jul-27 02:22 0.098923 AU
14798668 km
8.75 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
19.48

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.4555
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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