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2012 VJ77

2012 VJ77 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.893 AU and a period of 0.84 yr.

Aten Observations: 47
Orbital Period · P
0.84 yr
v(q)
45.3 km/s
v(Q)
22 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
6.5
Eccentricity · e
0.3465

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.583 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.202 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.619 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.893 AU gives an orbital period of 0.84 yr, or about 308 days.

An eccentricity of 0.346 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 29.94° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22 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 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 47 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3009 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
0.8928 AU
Eccentricity
0.3465
Perihelion
0.583 AU
Aphelion
1.202155 AU
Inclination
29.94°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
139.68°

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
2028-Nov-11 02:20 0.075144 AU
11241361 km
18.93 km/s
2029-Jun-20 02:43 0.483154 AU
72278881 km
22.49 km/s
2030-Mar-22 04:50 0.402279 AU
60180091 km
21.83 km/s
2033-Nov-20 18:41 0.374852 AU
56077085 km
27.68 km/s
2034-Nov-26 20:28 0.335360 AU
50169205 km
15.29 km/s
2035-Apr-26 20:09 0.361565 AU
54089416 km
21.90 km/s
2039-Nov-11 14:56 0.076595 AU
11458429 km
16.08 km/s
2040-May-30 22:44 0.424124 AU
63448042 km
22.88 km/s
2044-Nov-14 09:46 0.165066 AU
24693528 km
22.41 km/s
2046-Apr-06 20:58 0.365097 AU
54617688 km
21.51 km/s
2050-Nov-17 15:58 0.200002 AU
29919947 km
15.23 km/s
2055-Nov-11 10:40 0.063920 AU
9562305 km
18.13 km/s
2060-Nov-19 04:03 0.275756 AU
41252535 km
26.48 km/s
2066-Nov-12 05:06 0.091781 AU
13730189 km
15.73 km/s
2071-Nov-14 04:51 0.099483 AU
14882490 km
21.38 km/s
2077-Nov-19 15:12 0.205109 AU
30683942 km
15.22 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
23.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.30085
Condition
7
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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