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NASA JPL SBDB · 2004 TA1

2004 TA1

2004 TA1 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.908 AU and a period of 0.87 yr.

Aten Observations: 44
Orbital Period · P
0.87 yr
v(q)
40.4 km/s
v(Q)
24.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
6.52
Eccentricity · e
0.2502

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.681 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.136 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.455 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.908 AU gives an orbital period of 0.87 yr, or about 316 days.

An eccentricity of 0.25 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.5° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.2 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 = 23.29 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 44 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5836 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
0.9085 AU
Eccentricity
0.2502
Perihelion
0.681 AU
Aphelion
1.135807 AU
Inclination
13.5°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
161.53°

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
2029-Sep-24 14:49 0.484663 AU
72504484 km
22.16 km/s
2030-Jun-18 10:04 0.339452 AU
50781336 km
9.14 km/s
2030-Oct-29 00:39 0.180840 AU
27053273 km
8.36 km/s
2031-Feb-23 03:51 0.265824 AU
39766732 km
10.15 km/s
2036-Sep-18 00:59 0.116545 AU
17434826 km
10.46 km/s
2037-Apr-17 00:47 0.324485 AU
48542209 km
13.21 km/s
2037-Dec-17 21:52 0.319687 AU
47824526 km
14.15 km/s
2042-Sep-22 23:56 0.432442 AU
64692458 km
20.53 km/s
2043-Jun-08 22:08 0.345249 AU
51648568 km
10.34 km/s
2043-Nov-06 15:17 0.195329 AU
29220800 km
8.28 km/s
2044-Feb-13 17:46 0.256728 AU
38406025 km
9.25 km/s
2049-Sep-19 15:34 0.100765 AU
15074164 km
9.80 km/s
2050-Apr-13 00:05 0.319746 AU
47833294 km
13.16 km/s
2050-Dec-17 05:48 0.341949 AU
51154813 km
15.12 km/s
2055-Sep-23 05:35 0.432590 AU
64714521 km
20.53 km/s
2056-Jun-08 12:56 0.344994 AU
51610441 km
10.30 km/s
2056-Nov-05 11:18 0.195047 AU
29178635 km
8.29 km/s
2057-Feb-13 20:59 0.257184 AU
38474152 km
9.33 km/s
2062-Sep-18 21:16 0.108490 AU
16229915 km
10.11 km/s
2063-Apr-16 01:49 0.322441 AU
48236424 km
13.20 km/s
2063-Dec-18 15:24 0.321240 AU
48056818 km
14.26 km/s
2068-Sep-24 09:24 0.494769 AU
74016413 km
22.50 km/s
2069-Jun-22 09:58 0.335431 AU
50179757 km
8.52 km/s
2069-Oct-24 22:30 0.174874 AU
26160782 km
8.38 km/s
2070-Feb-28 01:30 0.270119 AU
40409228 km
10.63 km/s
2075-Sep-17 04:24 0.192350 AU
28775168 km
12.97 km/s
2076-May-01 18:37 0.337535 AU
50494565 km
13.05 km/s
2076-Dec-20 20:18 0.250247 AU
37436344 km
10.41 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
23.29

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.58356
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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