2014 NE3

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field (0.23 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 28,672,129 km of Earth in 2027
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 NE3 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 NE3 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2014 NE3 orbits the sun every 490 days (1.34 years), coming as close as 0.83 AU and reaching as far as 1.60 AU from the sun. 2014 NE3 is about 0.2 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2014 NE3's orbit is 0.05 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2014 NE3 has 16 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Jan. 13, 2027 28,672,129 13.850
Jan. 16, 2031 8,983,473 15.571
Jan. 21, 2035 18,727,900 18.160
July 27, 2065 27,737,005 18.317
July 30, 2069 16,119,437 15.663
Aug. 1, 2073 25,332,424 13.866
Jan. 13, 2082 26,041,553 13.990
Jan. 17, 2086 8,032,813 15.766
Jan. 21, 2090 19,669,297 18.301
July 31, 2124 17,191,105 16.151
Aug. 1, 2128 21,821,820 14.209
Jan. 16, 2141 12,630,575 15.068
Jan. 20, 2145 12,490,289 17.261
July 31, 2179 21,050,525 17.049
Aug. 2, 2183 18,028,114 14.808
Jan. 16, 2196 18,801,067 14.488

Images and Observations

2014 NE3's orbit is determined by observations dating back to July 31, 2010. It was last officially observed on March 29, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 261 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.216 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.3152
  • Inclination: 25.87°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 120.34°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 278.71°
  • Mean Anomaly: 234.07°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.23300 km
  • Magnitude: 20.04
  • Albedo: 0.296

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 490 days (1.34 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 27.00 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.60 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.83 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2014 NE3 to create an approximate landscape rendering with New York City in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.