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NASA JPL SBDB · 2002 CB19

2002 CB19

2002 CB19 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.283 AU it takes 1.45 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 43
Orbital Period · P
1.45 yr
v(q)
42.8 km/s
v(Q)
16.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.9
Eccentricity · e
0.4515

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.704 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.862 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.158 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.283 AU gives an orbital period of 1.45 yr, or about 531 days.

The high eccentricity (0.452) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.13° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.2 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 = 25.16 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 43 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7288 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
1.283 AU
Eccentricity
0.4515
Perihelion
0.704 AU
Aphelion
1.862274 AU
Inclination
17.13°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
305.09°

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
2031-Feb-25 16:53 0.485541 AU
72635905 km
29.25 km/s
2034-Jan-29 15:50 0.105149 AU
15730115 km
13.38 km/s
2036-Oct-04 20:42 0.341609 AU
51104033 km
11.68 km/s
2039-Jul-31 12:58 0.210220 AU
31448495 km
21.13 km/s
2047-Feb-19 08:59 0.346872 AU
51891375 km
25.20 km/s
2050-Jan-20 15:44 0.255178 AU
38174066 km
10.29 km/s
2052-Aug-26 14:21 0.226003 AU
33809581 km
10.88 km/s
2055-Jul-24 15:42 0.354692 AU
53061144 km
25.10 km/s
2063-Feb-12 19:51 0.201510 AU
30145487 km
21.11 km/s
2065-Dec-03 02:15 0.358473 AU
53626849 km
11.87 km/s
2066-Feb-01 04:52 0.405668 AU
60687092 km
9.28 km/s
2068-Aug-15 05:22 0.085300 AU
12760643 km
13.71 km/s
2071-Jul-18 14:13 0.480850 AU
71934146 km
28.68 km/s
2079-Feb-07 22:26 0.093578 AU
13999103 km
18.17 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
25.16

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.72875
Condition
1
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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