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NASA JPL SBDB · 2002 RS129

2002 RS129

2002 RS129 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.031 AU it takes 1.05 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 99
Orbital Period · P
1.05 yr
v(q)
41.3 km/s
v(Q)
20.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
5.88
Eccentricity · e
0.329

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.692 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.37 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.678 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.031 AU gives an orbital period of 1.05 yr, or about 382 days.

An eccentricity of 0.329 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.45° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 41.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.8 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 = 22.91 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 99 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.672 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
1.031 AU
Eccentricity
0.329
Perihelion
0.692 AU
Aphelion
1.370199 AU
Inclination
8.45°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
329.66°

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
2041-Jan-07 03:42 0.461147 AU
68986564 km
24.67 km/s
2042-Jan-20 22:36 0.183817 AU
27498625 km
15.93 km/s
2043-Feb-10 14:11 0.144724 AU
21650434 km
8.02 km/s
2043-Dec-14 21:39 0.358879 AU
53687491 km
8.14 km/s
2044-Apr-09 03:06 0.305455 AU
45695390 km
11.11 km/s
2044-Nov-13 10:34 0.411613 AU
61576493 km
9.28 km/s
2045-May-22 02:05 0.337583 AU
50501657 km
11.59 km/s
2045-Oct-16 18:04 0.376762 AU
56362810 km
8.97 km/s
2046-Jul-18 05:40 0.251536 AU
37629223 km
6.71 km/s
2046-Sep-09 23:17 0.237103 AU
35470068 km
7.20 km/s
2047-Aug-28 01:23 0.040446 AU
6050627 km
12.13 km/s
2048-Sep-08 00:14 0.329599 AU
49307294 km
20.60 km/s
2063-Jan-08 01:29 0.459801 AU
68785244 km
24.63 km/s
2064-Jan-22 06:33 0.174459 AU
26098736 km
15.62 km/s
2065-Feb-13 20:03 0.159497 AU
23860343 km
7.79 km/s
2065-Dec-11 17:45 0.367730 AU
55011631 km
8.31 km/s
2066-Apr-13 18:59 0.311958 AU
46668268 km
11.32 km/s
2066-Nov-11 09:59 0.413009 AU
61785293 km
9.31 km/s
2067-May-27 19:45 0.334558 AU
50049183 km
11.36 km/s
2067-Oct-13 19:32 0.367356 AU
54955678 km
8.84 km/s
2068-Sep-02 03:01 0.203871 AU
30498653 km
6.99 km/s
2069-Aug-29 09:31 0.086202 AU
12895683 km
13.46 km/s
2070-Sep-10 16:00 0.376820 AU
56371467 km
22.03 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
22.91

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.67203
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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