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NASA JPL SBDB · 2003 GU41

2003 GU41

2003 GU41 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.042 AU it takes 2.92 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 40
Orbital Period · P
2.92 yr
v(q)
47 km/s
v(Q)
9.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.74 km
TJ
3.43
Eccentricity · e
0.6709

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.672 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.412 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.74 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.042 AU gives an orbital period of 2.92 yr, or about 1,066 days.

The high eccentricity (0.671) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 18.94° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 47 km/s at perihelion and falls to 9.3 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 = 18.42 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.74 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 40 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5548 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
2.042 AU
Eccentricity
0.6709
Perihelion
0.672 AU
Aphelion
3.411978 AU
Inclination
18.94°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
311.22°

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
2032-Oct-15 04:31 0.460368 AU
68870108 km
28.90 km/s
2035-Sep-01 04:35 0.344884 AU
51593937 km
17.28 km/s
2038-Jun-30 00:01 0.350445 AU
52425761 km
21.41 km/s
2041-Apr-28 07:49 0.271472 AU
40611601 km
20.65 km/s
2067-Sep-26 13:22 0.325854 AU
48747125 km
19.56 km/s
2070-Jul-13 21:18 0.368477 AU
55123346 km
21.53 km/s
2073-May-07 11:27 0.278891 AU
41721545 km
19.75 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
18.42

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.5548
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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