2014 QZ295

Very small Aten-class Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 14,098,303 km of Earth in 2025
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 QZ295 is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 QZ295 as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent likelihood of future collision.

2014 QZ295 orbits the sun every 340 days (0.93 years), coming as close as 0.63 AU and reaching as far as 1.27 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2014 QZ295 is probably between 0.019 to 0.085 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2014 QZ295's orbit is 0.01 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 QZ295 has 18 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
May 11, 2025 14,098,303 12.171
Sept. 9, 2028 23,032,608 14.073
May 9, 2039 5,253,523 8.686
Sept. 7, 2041 18,459,110 6.483
May 14, 2052 25,061,618 14.399
Sept. 11, 2055 18,334,422 13.100
May 11, 2066 14,407,767 6.902
Sept. 14, 2068 7,097,369 8.129
May 13, 2079 18,546,066 13.080
Sept. 10, 2082 20,935,333 13.628
June 4, 2093 28,992,653 6.803
Sept. 11, 2095 17,262,407 12.846
Sept. 13, 2108 9,352,766 11.249
May 26, 2119 24,084,064 6.437
Sept. 13, 2121 10,170,290 11.425
May 17, 2131 28,521,033 15.079
Sept. 10, 2134 25,553,816 14.539
Sept. 10, 2165 14,794,873 6.662

Images and Observations

2014 QZ295's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 20, 2014. It was last officially observed on Sept. 6, 2014. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 25 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

2014 QZ295 can be reached with a journey of 450 days. This trajectory would require a delta-v of 9.283 km/s. To put this into perspective, the delta-v to launch a rocket to Low-Earth Orbit is 9.7 km/s. There are 32,273 potential trajectories and launch windows to this asteroid.

See more at the NHATS Mission Trajectories table for 2014 QZ295.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.9538 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.3363
  • Inclination: 1.34°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 144.28°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 325.45°
  • Mean Anomaly: 155.83°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.052 km
  • Magnitude: 24.8

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 340 days (0.93 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 30.52 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.27 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.63 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2014 QZ295 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.