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2012 MO3

2012 MO3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.938 AU and a period of 0.91 yr.

Aten Observations: 95
Orbital Period · P
0.91 yr
v(q)
51 km/s
v(Q)
18.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.24 km
TJ
6.28
Eccentricity · e
0.4667

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.5 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.376 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.876 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.938 AU gives an orbital period of 0.91 yr, or about 332 days.

The high eccentricity (0.467) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.43° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 51 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 = 20.89 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.24 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 95 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.554 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
0.9381 AU
Eccentricity
0.4667
Perihelion
0.5 AU
Aphelion
1.375911 AU
Inclination
13.43°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
253.03°

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-Jun-29 14:14 0.416456 AU
62300947 km
26.27 km/s
2031-May-30 23:45 0.219639 AU
32857534 km
11.27 km/s
2032-Mar-11 15:03 0.483252 AU
72293399 km
19.14 km/s
2032-Aug-15 19:32 0.452458 AU
67686759 km
10.93 km/s
2033-Jan-14 00:48 0.491315 AU
73499612 km
18.96 km/s
2033-Oct-18 17:53 0.171516 AU
25658433 km
11.40 km/s
2034-Sep-26 02:56 0.408306 AU
61081777 km
26.96 km/s
2040-Jun-28 02:03 0.396219 AU
59273462 km
25.59 km/s
2041-May-28 08:45 0.234933 AU
35145498 km
10.84 km/s
2042-Mar-09 20:33 0.487268 AU
72894308 km
19.42 km/s
2042-Aug-18 16:55 0.450831 AU
67443331 km
10.95 km/s
2043-Jan-12 04:19 0.487156 AU
72877447 km
18.60 km/s
2043-Oct-18 21:22 0.153618 AU
22980868 km
11.90 km/s
2044-Sep-24 20:34 0.425645 AU
63675548 km
27.52 km/s
2050-Jun-27 23:15 0.385499 AU
57669788 km
25.25 km/s
2051-May-27 10:39 0.242779 AU
36319254 km
10.68 km/s
2052-Mar-08 08:38 0.489021 AU
73156446 km
19.52 km/s
2052-Aug-19 07:52 0.449919 AU
67306906 km
10.95 km/s
2053-Jan-10 14:35 0.485194 AU
72583943 km
18.46 km/s
2053-Oct-18 01:15 0.144389 AU
21600244 km
12.17 km/s
2054-Sep-24 17:34 0.437968 AU
65519137 km
27.91 km/s
2060-Jun-26 16:41 0.370713 AU
55457845 km
24.74 km/s
2061-May-24 09:24 0.256983 AU
38444124 km
10.43 km/s
2062-Mar-06 18:42 0.492404 AU
73662586 km
19.74 km/s
2062-Aug-21 22:26 0.447857 AU
66998410 km
10.93 km/s
2063-Jan-09 00:07 0.481074 AU
71967668 km
18.15 km/s
2063-Oct-18 00:32 0.129677 AU
19399453 km
12.67 km/s
2064-Sep-23 20:45 0.449317 AU
67216831 km
28.27 km/s
2070-Jun-28 22:12 0.401694 AU
60092626 km
25.77 km/s
2071-May-30 07:23 0.225046 AU
33666389 km
11.12 km/s
2072-Mar-11 19:09 0.482653 AU
72203797 km
19.14 km/s
2072-Aug-15 15:17 0.453743 AU
67879041 km
10.96 km/s
2073-Jan-15 01:51 0.492387 AU
73660075 km
19.03 km/s
2073-Oct-19 04:21 0.183756 AU
27489501 km
11.06 km/s
2074-Sep-27 09:36 0.387034 AU
57899394 km
26.30 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
20.89

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.55401
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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