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2007 VW83

2007 VW83 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.901 AU and a period of 0.85 yr.

Aten Observations: 20
Orbital Period · P
0.85 yr
v(q)
39.2 km/s
v(Q)
25.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
6.58
Eccentricity · e
0.2199

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.703 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.099 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.396 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.901 AU gives an orbital period of 0.85 yr, or about 312 days.

An eccentricity of 0.22 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.07° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.1 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 = 24.1 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 20 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6329 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
0.9007 AU
Eccentricity
0.2199
Perihelion
0.703 AU
Aphelion
1.098764 AU
Inclination
7.07°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
113.99°

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
2030-Sep-05 21:17 0.122733 AU
18360561 km
14.81 km/s
2031-Dec-03 11:36 0.067409 AU
10084298 km
12.30 km/s
2036-Sep-02 18:41 0.185195 AU
27704823 km
11.29 km/s
2037-Apr-08 14:29 0.297642 AU
44526560 km
10.29 km/s
2037-Nov-28 13:34 0.262114 AU
39211624 km
16.42 km/s
2065-Sep-12 01:05 0.333632 AU
49910666 km
19.86 km/s
2066-Dec-03 05:37 0.064851 AU
9701601 km
7.56 km/s
2071-Sep-08 01:37 0.137311 AU
20541409 km
16.01 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
24.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.63294
Condition
7
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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