2014 HQ124

Very small Aten-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field (0.33 km diameter)
  • Will pass within 10,817,145 km of Earth in 2025
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 HQ124 is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 HQ124 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2014 HQ124 orbits the sun every 287 days (0.79 years), coming as close as 0.63 AU and reaching as far as 1.07 AU from the sun. 2014 HQ124 is about 0.3 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 90% of asteroids but tiny compared to large asteroids, comparable in size to a football field.

The rotation of 2014 HQ124 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 16.00 hours.

Close Approaches

2014 HQ124's orbit is 0.01 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2014 HQ124 has 18 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
June 6, 2025 10,817,145 15.047
June 4, 2036 24,204,655 16.698
June 8, 2043 26,198,125 13.055
June 8, 2054 13,119,992 13.254
June 8, 2065 2,924,767 13.835
June 8, 2076 4,898,494 13.686
June 9, 2087 15,375,912 13.171
June 7, 2098 27,967,324 13.067
June 5, 2102 26,888,862 17.074
June 7, 2113 14,125,170 15.429
June 8, 2124 3,482,069 14.320
June 9, 2135 3,566,346 14.329
June 8, 2146 14,468,948 15.467
June 5, 2157 27,960,796 17.225
June 8, 2164 23,790,099 13.048
June 10, 2175 11,847,960 13.308
June 9, 2186 2,451,484 13.876
June 9, 2197 6,813,391 13.571

Images and Observations

2014 HQ124's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 23, 2014. It was last officially observed on May 31, 2021. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 313 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: 0.8509 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.2592
  • Inclination: 26.37°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 257.54°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 144.51°
  • Mean Anomaly: 164.89°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: 0.32500 km
  • Magnitude: 18.92
  • Albedo: 0.291

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 287 days (0.79 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 32.25 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.07 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.63 AU
  • Rotation Period: 16.00 hours

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Size Rendering

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