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2012 FK15

2012 FK15 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.991 AU and a period of 0.99 yr.

Aten Observations: 20
Orbital Period · P
0.99 yr
v(q)
32 km/s
v(Q)
28 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
6.04
Eccentricity · e
0.0665

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.925 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.057 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.132 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.991 AU gives an orbital period of 0.99 yr, or about 360 days.

With e = 0.067, the orbit is close to circular.

A steep inclination of 24.36° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32 km/s at perihelion and falls to 28 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 = 26.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 20 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.665 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 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
0.9912 AU
Eccentricity
0.0665
Perihelion
0.925 AU
Aphelion
1.057115 AU
Inclination
24.36°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2456009.5
Mean Anomaly
218.73°

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
26.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.66499
Condition
8
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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