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NASA JPL SBDB · 1992 JD

1992 JD

1992 JD belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.036 AU it takes 1.05 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 23
Orbital Period · P
1.05 yr
v(q)
30.2 km/s
v(Q)
28.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.89
Eccentricity · e
0.0313

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.004 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.068 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.064 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.036 AU gives an orbital period of 1.05 yr, or about 385 days.

With e = 0.031, the orbit is close to circular.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.56° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 30.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 28.4 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 23 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.8826 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.036 AU
Eccentricity
0.0313
Perihelion
1.004 AU
Aphelion
1.068427 AU
Inclination
13.56°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
199.64°

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
2049-Nov-20 23:07 0.209347 AU
31317907 km
11.93 km/s
2050-May-01 06:56 0.149892 AU
22423579 km
9.75 km/s
2050-Nov-07 04:45 0.050020 AU
7482855 km
7.12 km/s
2051-May-04 11:53 0.008984 AU
1343972 km
7.45 km/s
2052-May-13 05:21 0.343516 AU
51389223 km
14.18 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
25.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.88264
Condition
6
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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