2014 UV115

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 12,705,501 km of Earth in 2020
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 UV115 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 UV115 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 UV115 orbits the sun every 438 days (1.20 years), coming as close as 0.41 AU and reaching as far as 1.84 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2014 UV115 is probably between 0.076 to 0.170 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2014 UV115'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 UV115 has 21 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Nov. 5, 2020 12,705,501 22.379
July 13, 2023 11,408,916 21.942
Nov. 4, 2026 18,533,780 23.731
July 11, 2029 7,984,688 20.687
Nov. 2, 2032 24,581,657 25.047
July 10, 2035 8,723,257 19.519
July 8, 2041 13,831,921 18.087
July 7, 2047 22,339,971 16.298
Nov. 14, 2105 20,262,999 16.562
Nov. 12, 2111 10,928,233 18.636
July 19, 2114 26,054,218 25.259
Nov. 9, 2117 7,525,090 20.587
July 16, 2120 16,948,658 23.281
Nov. 7, 2123 13,963,601 22.660
July 14, 2126 9,398,225 21.364
Nov. 4, 2129 22,357,303 24.558
July 12, 2132 8,376,648 19.617
July 9, 2138 16,569,821 17.466
July 7, 2144 27,873,731 15.274
Nov. 16, 2190 28,910,925 14.933
Nov. 14, 2196 18,010,986 17.045

Images and Observations

2014 UV115's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Oct. 26, 2014. It was last officially observed on July 22, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 65 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: 1.128 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6355
  • Inclination: 3.34°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 169.91°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 356.75°
  • Mean Anomaly: 94.26°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.098 km
  • Magnitude: 22.72

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 438 days (1.20 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 28.02 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.84 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.41 AU

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Size Rendering

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