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2008 SD85

2008 SD85 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.883 AU and a period of 0.83 yr.

Aten Observations: 39
Orbital Period · P
0.83 yr
v(q)
48.9 km/s
v(Q)
20.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
6.59
Eccentricity · e
0.4073

Orbit and dynamics

Between its closest point (0.523 AU) and its farthest (1.243 AU), the heliocentric distance changes by 0.72 AU over every revolution.

One full revolution takes 0.83 yr (303 days), computed from the semi-major axis of 0.883 AU.

The high eccentricity (0.407) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 23.37° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 48.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.6 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 = 23.09 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

Astrometry from 39 individual observations underpins this orbit; the fit leaves an RMS residual of 0.3568 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.8829 AU
Eccentricity
0.4073
Perihelion
0.523 AU
Aphelion
1.242505 AU
Inclination
23.37°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
241.3°

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-Sep-22 15:56 0.379688 AU
56800478 km
24.90 km/s
2028-Oct-24 09:45 0.362099 AU
54169168 km
13.12 km/s
2029-Feb-15 00:27 0.402077 AU
60149926 km
18.78 km/s
2032-Sep-18 02:46 0.260708 AU
39001382 km
21.23 km/s
2033-Nov-08 02:04 0.388639 AU
58139544 km
12.62 km/s
2034-Jan-29 19:36 0.390940 AU
58483863 km
16.55 km/s
2037-Sep-15 22:58 0.156062 AU
23346511 km
18.00 km/s
2039-Jan-09 23:29 0.387369 AU
57949604 km
14.45 km/s
2042-Sep-16 04:52 0.100608 AU
15050692 km
15.44 km/s
2043-Apr-18 04:23 0.496024 AU
74204196 km
23.75 km/s
2043-Dec-21 07:20 0.401029 AU
59993137 km
15.45 km/s
2047-Sep-20 00:54 0.142729 AU
21351985 km
13.89 km/s
2048-Apr-05 01:45 0.474783 AU
71026487 km
23.61 km/s
2048-Dec-11 15:54 0.448614 AU
67111701 km
19.20 km/s
2052-Sep-26 11:52 0.217252 AU
32500389 km
13.35 km/s
2053-Mar-23 17:52 0.452524 AU
67696656 km
22.91 km/s
2057-Oct-06 02:56 0.283961 AU
42479931 km
13.27 km/s
2058-Mar-10 23:22 0.430958 AU
64470427 km
21.74 km/s
2061-Sep-25 05:44 0.457893 AU
68499854 km
27.40 km/s
2062-Oct-17 07:18 0.337038 AU
50420102 km
13.22 km/s
2063-Feb-25 05:20 0.411773 AU
61600309 km
20.05 km/s
2066-Sep-21 02:15 0.335980 AU
50261966 km
23.57 km/s
2067-Oct-30 03:49 0.374012 AU
55951325 km
12.98 km/s
2068-Feb-10 06:55 0.396966 AU
59385341 km
18.01 km/s
2071-Sep-17 22:48 0.220118 AU
32929204 km
20.01 km/s
2072-Nov-14 15:01 0.394532 AU
59021080 km
12.31 km/s
2073-Jan-23 05:16 0.388346 AU
58095672 km
15.76 km/s
2076-Sep-15 12:29 0.125904 AU
18834977 km
16.96 km/s
2078-Jan-01 11:37 0.389020 AU
58196548 km
14.20 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
23.09

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.35681
Condition
2
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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