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2012 WR10

2012 WR10 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.085 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 45
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
32 km/s
v(Q)
25.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.7
Eccentricity · e
0.1116

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.964 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.206 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.242 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.085 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 413 days.

An eccentricity of 0.112 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 0.31° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.6 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 = 28.7 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 45 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5127 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.085 AU
Eccentricity
0.1116
Perihelion
0.964 AU
Aphelion
1.206086 AU
Inclination
0.31°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
32.05°

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
2029-Jul-21 23:42 0.071648 AU
10718430 km
5.65 km/s
2030-Feb-09 09:17 0.167550 AU
25065139 km
3.58 km/s
2038-Jul-02 05:48 0.102036 AU
15264426 km
1.17 km/s
2038-Oct-16 10:21 0.031161 AU
4661560 km
2.22 km/s
2047-Nov-22 00:27 0.000163 AU
24362 km
4.09 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
28.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.51265
Condition
6
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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