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NASA JPL SBDB · 2012 XM145

2012 XM145

2012 XM145 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.877 AU and a period of 0.82 yr.

Aten Observations: 82
Orbital Period · P
0.82 yr
v(q)
38.8 km/s
v(Q)
26.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.3 km
TJ
6.66
Eccentricity · e
0.1965

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.705 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.049 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.344 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.877 AU gives an orbital period of 0.82 yr, or about 300 days.

An eccentricity of 0.197 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 26.21° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.1 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 = 20.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.3 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 82 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.552 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
0.8768 AU
Eccentricity
0.1965
Perihelion
0.705 AU
Aphelion
1.049091 AU
Inclination
26.21°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
353.6°

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
20.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.552
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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