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2012 DK31

2012 DK31 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.694 AU and a period of 0.58 yr.

Aten Observations: 151
Orbital Period · P
0.58 yr
v(q)
69 km/s
v(Q)
18.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.14 km
TJ
8.09
Eccentricity · e
0.5767

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.294 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.094 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.8 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.694 AU gives an orbital period of 0.58 yr, or about 211 days.

The high eccentricity (0.577) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.17° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 69 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.5 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 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 151 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3975 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
0.6938 AU
Eccentricity
0.5767
Perihelion
0.294 AU
Aphelion
1.093914 AU
Inclination
11.17°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
132.17°

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-Feb-10 03:35 0.141825 AU
21216788 km
12.37 km/s
2030-Feb-18 15:42 0.372699 AU
55755046 km
27.57 km/s
2031-Jan-15 09:15 0.152814 AU
22860584 km
13.93 km/s
2034-Feb-26 19:14 0.129834 AU
19422925 km
18.99 km/s
2035-Jan-15 07:16 0.277010 AU
41440052 km
21.64 km/s
2038-Feb-21 23:19 0.087232 AU
13049663 km
12.93 km/s
2039-Jan-24 11:14 0.494722 AU
74009414 km
30.44 km/s
2041-Feb-13 17:11 0.484756 AU
72518411 km
31.69 km/s
2042-Jan-25 06:06 0.156137 AU
23357756 km
12.56 km/s
2045-Feb-23 13:23 0.237361 AU
35508731 km
22.74 km/s
2046-Jan-12 18:34 0.197790 AU
29588984 km
17.86 km/s
2049-Feb-27 00:07 0.024425 AU
3653981 km
14.87 km/s
2050-Jan-20 01:30 0.400482 AU
59911294 km
26.71 km/s
2053-Feb-06 03:37 0.148990 AU
22288651 km
12.34 km/s
2056-Feb-20 16:04 0.338293 AU
50607900 km
26.33 km/s
2057-Jan-13 11:50 0.157020 AU
23489858 km
14.78 km/s
2060-Feb-28 02:08 0.090446 AU
13530598 km
17.68 km/s
2061-Jan-16 07:07 0.314948 AU
47115581 km
23.24 km/s
2064-Feb-17 01:35 0.119334 AU
17852103 km
12.52 km/s
2067-Feb-17 04:50 0.418551 AU
62614347 km
29.25 km/s
2068-Jan-18 20:31 0.152569 AU
22823932 km
13.17 km/s
2071-Feb-26 10:18 0.162975 AU
24380718 km
20.16 km/s
2072-Jan-14 20:12 0.252248 AU
37735746 km
20.52 km/s
2075-Feb-23 21:50 0.073208 AU
10951759 km
13.20 km/s
2076-Jan-24 03:51 0.478845 AU
71634132 km
29.79 km/s
2078-Feb-13 14:30 0.497220 AU
74383046 km
32.17 km/s
2079-Jan-26 19:54 0.156518 AU
23414763 km
12.51 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
22.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.39745
Condition
1
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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