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NASA JPL SBDB · 2008 JN

2008 JN

2008 JN belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.077 AU it takes 1.12 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 108
Orbital Period · P
1.12 yr
v(q)
86.9 km/s
v(Q)
9.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.26 km
TJ
5.29
Eccentricity · e
0.8033

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.212 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.942 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.73 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.077 AU gives an orbital period of 1.12 yr, or about 408 days.

The high eccentricity (0.803) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 32.04° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 86.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 9.5 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 = 20.68 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.26 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 108 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5387 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
1.077 AU
Eccentricity
0.8033
Perihelion
0.212 AU
Aphelion
1.942154 AU
Inclination
32.04°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
7.52°

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
2027-May-16 02:16 0.267974 AU
40088414 km
24.30 km/s
2036-May-08 04:07 0.180115 AU
26944890 km
31.70 km/s
2042-Mar-04 15:50 0.490950 AU
73445111 km
32.02 km/s
2045-Apr-26 01:07 0.411699 AU
61589344 km
41.09 km/s
2046-May-16 03:03 0.289627 AU
43327564 km
23.83 km/s
2055-May-09 21:22 0.171538 AU
25661727 km
30.99 km/s
2061-Mar-05 15:34 0.497920 AU
74487785 km
32.79 km/s
2064-Apr-26 22:14 0.392204 AU
58672907 km
40.35 km/s
2065-May-16 01:33 0.307691 AU
46029973 km
23.48 km/s
2074-May-10 11:30 0.166413 AU
24895026 km
30.39 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
20.68

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.53869
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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