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NASA JPL SBDB · 87684

87684

87684 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.859 AU and a period of 0.80 yr.

Aten Observations: 2,544
Orbital Period · P
0.80 yr
v(q)
68.9 km/s
v(Q)
15 km/s
Diameter · ≈
2.28 km
TJ
6.65
Eccentricity · e
0.6427

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.307 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.41 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.103 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.859 AU gives an orbital period of 0.80 yr, or about 291 days.

The high eccentricity (0.643) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 19.22° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 68.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15 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 = 15.96 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 2.28 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 2,544 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4634 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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
0.8586 AU
Eccentricity
0.6427
Perihelion
0.307 AU
Aphelion
1.410422 AU
Inclination
19.22°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
206.21°

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-Sep-17 00:27 0.145772 AU
21807231 km
25.44 km/s
2031-Sep-13 01:10 0.050427 AU
7543708 km
21.91 km/s
2035-Sep-10 15:34 0.104695 AU
15662111 km
18.89 km/s
2066-Sep-15 17:44 0.114437 AU
17119593 km
24.42 km/s
2070-Sep-12 04:48 0.048847 AU
7307391 km
21.11 km/s
2074-Sep-10 07:54 0.131044 AU
19603885 km
18.18 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
15.96

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46345
Condition
0
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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