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NASA JPL SBDB · 2002 VO85

2002 VO85

2002 VO85 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.329 AU once every 1.53 yr.

Amor Observations: 67
Orbital Period · P
1.53 yr
v(q)
32.4 km/s
v(Q)
20.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.15 km
TJ
4.84
Eccentricity · e
0.2222

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.033 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.624 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.591 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.329 AU gives an orbital period of 1.53 yr, or about 560 days.

An eccentricity of 0.222 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 20.13° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.6 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.81 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.15 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 67 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6211 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
1.329 AU
Eccentricity
0.2222
Perihelion
1.033 AU
Aphelion
1.624304 AU
Inclination
20.13°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
95.45°

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
2051-Nov-21 01:08 0.189699 AU
28378526 km
10.58 km/s
2074-Nov-23 12:29 0.157233 AU
23521707 km
11.37 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
21.81

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.62112
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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