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NASA JPL SBDB · 2000 WG10

2000 WG10

2000 WG10 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.163 AU it takes 1.25 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 38
Orbital Period · P
1.25 yr
v(q)
34 km/s
v(Q)
22.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.07 km
TJ
5.39
Eccentricity · e
0.2053

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.925 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.402 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.477 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.163 AU gives an orbital period of 1.25 yr, or about 458 days.

An eccentricity of 0.205 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.31° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.4 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 23.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.07 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 38 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6062 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
1.163 AU
Eccentricity
0.2053
Perihelion
0.925 AU
Aphelion
1.401764 AU
Inclination
6.31°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2451870.5
Mean Anomaly
315.03°

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
2055-Mar-31 10:20 0.074526 AU
11148945 km
4.87 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
23.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.60624
Condition
8
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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