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NASA JPL SBDB · 2008 RH1

2008 RH1

2008 RH1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.063 AU it takes 1.10 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 115
Orbital Period · P
1.10 yr
v(q)
34 km/s
v(Q)
24.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.11 km
TJ
5.78
Eccentricity · e
0.1618

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.891 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.235 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.344 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.063 AU gives an orbital period of 1.10 yr, or about 400 days.

An eccentricity of 0.162 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.46° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.5 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 = 22.64 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.11 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 115 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5728 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
1.063 AU
Eccentricity
0.1618
Perihelion
0.891 AU
Aphelion
1.234993 AU
Inclination
7.46°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
287.52°

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
2030-Nov-11 13:35 0.242656 AU
36300778 km
10.73 km/s
2031-Aug-31 09:13 0.220610 AU
33002845 km
5.83 km/s
2032-Apr-16 06:39 0.093564 AU
13996943 km
6.52 km/s
2041-Nov-04 09:37 0.402263 AU
60177647 km
15.89 km/s
2042-Sep-26 20:53 0.181519 AU
27154930 km
5.41 km/s
2043-Mar-06 17:44 0.090521 AU
13541785 km
5.40 km/s
2044-May-21 04:18 0.481519 AU
72034267 km
18.27 km/s
2053-Nov-03 08:58 0.124855 AU
18678103 km
4.51 km/s
2053-Dec-24 23:53 0.133021 AU
19899682 km
3.92 km/s
2054-Jul-21 09:53 0.236104 AU
35320582 km
5.15 km/s
2055-May-11 05:30 0.306610 AU
45868154 km
13.06 km/s
2064-Nov-13 07:18 0.194227 AU
29055981 km
9.00 km/s
2065-Aug-22 04:40 0.229187 AU
34285915 km
5.84 km/s
2066-Apr-24 19:06 0.132998 AU
19896164 km
7.78 km/s
2075-Nov-07 03:19 0.356367 AU
53311727 km
14.45 km/s
2076-Sep-18 14:28 0.194686 AU
29124571 km
5.61 km/s
2077-Mar-19 15:25 0.077080 AU
11531073 km
5.38 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
22.64

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.57279
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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