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NASA JPL SBDB · 2012 DT60

2012 DT60

2012 DT60 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.191 AU once every 1.30 yr.

Amor Observations: 89
Orbital Period · P
1.30 yr
v(q)
30.5 km/s
v(Q)
24.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.11 km
TJ
5.31
Eccentricity · e
0.1124

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.058 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.325 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.267 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.191 AU gives an orbital period of 1.30 yr, or about 475 days.

An eccentricity of 0.112 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.48° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 30.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.4 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 22.58 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 89 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5525 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
1.191 AU
Eccentricity
0.1124
Perihelion
1.058 AU
Aphelion
1.324868 AU
Inclination
7.48°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
62.58°

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
2037-Oct-20 04:03 0.123108 AU
18416623 km
4.17 km/s
2050-Oct-18 04:40 0.118616 AU
17744729 km
4.10 km/s
2063-Oct-17 03:30 0.116675 AU
17454265 km
4.06 km/s
2076-Oct-14 21:46 0.115364 AU
17258212 km
4.02 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
22.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.55246
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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