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NASA JPL SBDB · 2009 CV

2009 CV

2009 CV belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.116 AU it takes 1.18 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 176
Orbital Period · P
1.18 yr
v(q)
32.8 km/s
v(Q)
24.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
5.58
Eccentricity · e
0.1508

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.948 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.284 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.336 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.116 AU gives an orbital period of 1.18 yr, or about 431 days.

An eccentricity of 0.151 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 0.94° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.8 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 = 24.28 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 176 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.2722 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
1.116 AU
Eccentricity
0.1508
Perihelion
0.948 AU
Aphelion
1.284293 AU
Inclination
0.94°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
213.66°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
24.28

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.27217
Condition
0
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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