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NASA JPL SBDB · 2013 JC

2013 JC

2013 JC is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.483 AU once every 1.81 yr.

Amor Observations: 43
Orbital Period · P
1.81 yr
v(q)
33.8 km/s
v(Q)
17.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
4.52
Eccentricity · e
0.3139

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.018 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.949 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.931 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.483 AU gives an orbital period of 1.81 yr, or about 660 days.

An eccentricity of 0.314 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.73° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.7 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 26.1 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 43 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4323 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 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
1.483 AU
Eccentricity
0.3139
Perihelion
1.018 AU
Aphelion
1.948514 AU
Inclination
5.73°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
111.03°

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
2031-May-20 03:46 0.114572 AU
17139713 km
11.04 km/s
2040-Jan-06 18:27 0.454817 AU
68039633 km
5.91 km/s
2040-Jun-01 21:56 0.362970 AU
54299478 km
17.05 km/s
2060-Feb-24 23:02 0.257368 AU
38501718 km
12.62 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
26.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43231
Condition
7
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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