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2013 FZ7

2013 FZ7 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.921 AU and a period of 0.88 yr.

Aten Observations: 105
Orbital Period · P
0.88 yr
v(q)
47.6 km/s
v(Q)
20.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
6.41
Eccentricity · e
0.4032

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.55 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.293 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.743 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.921 AU gives an orbital period of 0.88 yr, or about 323 days.

The high eccentricity (0.403) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.62° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 47.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.2 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 = 22.9 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 105 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4292 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.9214 AU
Eccentricity
0.4032
Perihelion
0.55 AU
Aphelion
1.292908 AU
Inclination
8.62°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
228.45°

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
2027-Jan-01 13:52 0.230928 AU
34546327 km
8.42 km/s
2027-Aug-25 13:02 0.465724 AU
69671367 km
18.66 km/s
2028-Mar-24 10:33 0.233369 AU
34911556 km
9.56 km/s
2029-Mar-30 15:38 0.409494 AU
61259483 km
25.27 km/s
2034-Jan-01 08:23 0.321898 AU
48155248 km
21.42 km/s
2034-Oct-17 08:30 0.374604 AU
56040035 km
13.40 km/s
2035-Feb-03 01:49 0.314758 AU
47087081 km
9.98 km/s
2035-Aug-01 15:21 0.464123 AU
69431810 km
17.66 km/s
2036-Apr-12 16:20 0.064065 AU
9584003 km
11.46 km/s
2041-Dec-23 07:58 0.159236 AU
23821334 km
14.38 km/s
2042-Sep-20 21:22 0.434518 AU
65002949 km
17.10 km/s
2043-Feb-25 20:37 0.317639 AU
47518172 km
10.29 km/s
2043-Jul-07 14:59 0.430915 AU
64463997 km
14.42 km/s
2044-Apr-08 22:31 0.165143 AU
24704998 km
17.51 km/s
2049-Dec-25 13:28 0.208090 AU
31129885 km
8.46 km/s
2050-Aug-29 05:15 0.463166 AU
69288629 km
18.61 km/s
2051-Mar-20 19:50 0.252753 AU
37811346 km
9.70 km/s
2051-May-30 07:24 0.343352 AU
51364675 km
7.05 km/s
2052-Apr-01 00:04 0.373966 AU
55944504 km
24.14 km/s
2057-Jan-02 20:34 0.357561 AU
53490423 km
22.68 km/s
2057-Oct-22 21:06 0.358762 AU
53669990 km
12.44 km/s
2058-Jan-29 05:03 0.306610 AU
45868150 km
9.79 km/s
2058-Aug-05 21:51 0.466396 AU
69771916 km
18.03 km/s
2059-Apr-12 10:40 0.097603 AU
14601256 km
10.54 km/s
2064-Dec-25 00:24 0.184545 AU
27607508 km
15.91 km/s
2065-Sep-26 03:09 0.424383 AU
63486719 km
16.48 km/s
2066-Feb-20 19:46 0.322415 AU
48232562 km
10.33 km/s
2066-Jul-13 08:28 0.441381 AU
66029631 km
15.36 km/s
2067-Apr-11 05:33 0.120644 AU
18048147 km
16.11 km/s
2072-Dec-20 15:47 0.179373 AU
26833830 km
9.32 km/s
2073-Sep-02 18:44 0.459168 AU
68690516 km
18.44 km/s
2074-Mar-15 13:22 0.272619 AU
40783238 km
9.88 km/s
2074-Jun-11 20:36 0.370242 AU
55387378 km
9.68 km/s
2075-Apr-03 14:51 0.329806 AU
49338248 km
22.72 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
22.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.42916
Condition
2
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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