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NASA JPL SBDB · 2012 RH10

2012 RH10

2012 RH10 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.146 AU it takes 1.23 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 116
Orbital Period · P
1.23 yr
v(q)
46.3 km/s
v(Q)
16.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.13 km
TJ
5.35
Eccentricity · e
0.4694

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.608 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.684 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.076 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.146 AU gives an orbital period of 1.23 yr, or about 448 days.

The high eccentricity (0.469) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.92° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.7 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 = 22.11 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.13 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 116 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4303 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
1.146 AU
Eccentricity
0.4694
Perihelion
0.608 AU
Aphelion
1.683932 AU
Inclination
13.92°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
2.59°

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-Sep-20 14:37 0.291372 AU
43588639 km
23.34 km/s
2030-Mar-10 04:18 0.297804 AU
44550844 km
13.83 km/s
2034-Sep-09 02:39 0.461685 AU
69067148 km
11.22 km/s
2034-Dec-25 07:12 0.405449 AU
60654349 km
15.31 km/s
2039-Sep-30 23:58 0.086220 AU
12898398 km
16.49 km/s
2041-Apr-14 10:56 0.170891 AU
25564894 km
14.09 km/s
2046-Feb-01 03:47 0.388953 AU
58186488 km
16.72 km/s
2050-Sep-23 00:21 0.348828 AU
52183943 km
10.36 km/s
2050-Nov-28 11:00 0.363641 AU
54399903 km
11.29 km/s
2052-May-11 23:40 0.393044 AU
58798547 km
25.40 km/s
2055-Sep-30 17:25 0.097749 AU
14623095 km
17.03 km/s
2057-Apr-16 15:19 0.165275 AU
24724820 km
14.57 km/s
2060-Sep-13 19:13 0.454235 AU
67952618 km
28.32 km/s
2062-Feb-21 13:18 0.346004 AU
51761526 km
15.43 km/s
2062-May-05 17:23 0.490790 AU
73421115 km
7.36 km/s
2067-Jan-05 03:19 0.409517 AU
61262847 km
16.31 km/s
2071-Oct-03 15:45 0.239940 AU
35894558 km
10.53 km/s
2073-May-06 09:00 0.298270 AU
44620595 km
22.28 km/s
2076-Sep-27 03:25 0.161066 AU
24095117 km
19.32 km/s
2078-Apr-09 06:26 0.191628 AU
28667178 km
13.24 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
22.11

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43026
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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