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NASA JPL SBDB · 2001 XP31

2001 XP31

2001 XP31 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.146 AU it takes 1.23 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 50
Orbital Period · P
1.23 yr
v(q)
41.7 km/s
v(Q)
18.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.13 km
TJ
5.4
Eccentricity · e
0.3854

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.705 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.588 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.883 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.146 AU gives an orbital period of 1.23 yr, or about 448 days.

An eccentricity of 0.385 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.13° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 41.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.5 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 = 22.16 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.13 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 50 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7344 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.146 AU
Eccentricity
0.3854
Perihelion
0.705 AU
Aphelion
1.587668 AU
Inclination
6.13°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
51.01°

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
2027-Apr-29 09:53 0.219911 AU
32898276 km
18.75 km/s
2028-Nov-18 15:39 0.025642 AU
3835922 km
13.08 km/s
2033-Aug-27 06:02 0.315490 AU
47196611 km
12.09 km/s
2033-Dec-22 15:23 0.429848 AU
64304341 km
9.14 km/s
2038-May-25 05:36 0.164682 AU
24636058 km
8.04 km/s
2039-Dec-07 14:25 0.427566 AU
63963031 km
25.25 km/s
2043-Apr-24 03:48 0.340489 AU
50936458 km
22.34 km/s
2044-Nov-13 03:24 0.086556 AU
12948668 km
9.91 km/s
2049-Mar-29 18:53 0.467699 AU
69966703 km
9.31 km/s
2049-Aug-09 00:56 0.319464 AU
47791133 km
12.33 km/s
2050-Jan-01 17:32 0.487322 AU
72902371 km
9.99 km/s
2054-May-11 18:31 0.034028 AU
5090465 km
11.66 km/s
2055-Dec-01 10:45 0.291144 AU
43554533 km
21.07 km/s
2059-Apr-18 05:12 0.470157 AU
70334510 km
26.26 km/s
2060-Oct-18 16:01 0.215883 AU
32295604 km
7.76 km/s
2065-Apr-10 04:16 0.406037 AU
60742212 km
8.24 km/s
2065-Jul-22 07:29 0.304523 AU
45555964 km
11.64 km/s
2070-May-06 12:15 0.078095 AU
11682815 km
14.53 km/s
2071-Nov-26 19:23 0.183172 AU
27402151 km
17.81 km/s
2076-Sep-18 23:50 0.284054 AU
42493862 km
10.59 km/s
2076-Dec-06 22:55 0.341129 AU
51032208 km
7.60 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
22.16

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.7344
Condition
0
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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