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2013 RO5

2013 RO5 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.757 AU and a period of 0.66 yr.

Aten Observations: 91
Orbital Period · P
0.66 yr
v(q)
49.9 km/s
v(Q)
23.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
7.57
Eccentricity · e
0.3609

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.484 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.031 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.547 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.757 AU gives an orbital period of 0.66 yr, or about 241 days.

An eccentricity of 0.361 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.08° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.5 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 = 24.8 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 91 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.473 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
0.7573 AU
Eccentricity
0.3609
Perihelion
0.484 AU
Aphelion
1.03061 AU
Inclination
10.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
318.1°

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
2033-Jan-28 09:49 0.484480 AU
72477179 km
19.17 km/s
2034-Aug-17 03:14 0.393482 AU
58864092 km
21.29 km/s
2035-Jan-15 00:19 0.463104 AU
69279340 km
17.11 km/s
2036-Aug-12 13:47 0.266366 AU
39847735 km
17.07 km/s
2036-Dec-30 08:57 0.430699 AU
64431627 km
14.19 km/s
2038-Aug-10 17:27 0.146510 AU
21917561 km
13.00 km/s
2038-Dec-12 19:59 0.380520 AU
56924989 km
10.03 km/s
2040-Aug-12 21:18 0.056849 AU
8504490 km
9.42 km/s
2044-Sep-12 17:03 0.028931 AU
4327957 km
8.24 km/s
2046-Sep-19 21:50 0.078987 AU
11816321 km
11.13 km/s
2048-Sep-18 05:19 0.188801 AU
28244263 km
15.07 km/s
2050-Apr-22 19:35 0.448422 AU
67083029 km
15.02 km/s
2050-Sep-14 21:26 0.312568 AU
46759451 km
19.24 km/s
2052-Apr-07 17:10 0.475442 AU
71125127 km
17.61 km/s
2054-Mar-25 13:06 0.492830 AU
73726350 km
19.46 km/s
2062-Feb-01 14:11 0.486366 AU
72759279 km
19.62 km/s
2063-Aug-18 20:12 0.416850 AU
62359930 km
22.49 km/s
2064-Jan-19 11:37 0.467312 AU
69908873 km
17.78 km/s
2065-Aug-14 01:52 0.294231 AU
44016260 km
18.30 km/s
2066-Jan-04 08:15 0.438801 AU
65643664 km
15.13 km/s
2067-Aug-11 11:31 0.176339 AU
26380001 km
14.19 km/s
2067-Dec-19 00:44 0.395816 AU
59213269 km
11.43 km/s
2069-Aug-11 11:53 0.078285 AU
11711239 km
10.39 km/s
2071-Aug-22 03:01 0.031849 AU
4764492 km
7.94 km/s
2073-Sep-08 09:39 0.023025 AU
3444443 km
7.81 km/s
2075-Sep-19 12:58 0.063102 AU
9439997 km
10.14 km/s
2077-May-14 04:13 0.397815 AU
59512213 km
10.44 km/s
2077-Sep-19 07:16 0.168721 AU
25240284 km
14.04 km/s
2079-Apr-26 21:57 0.443188 AU
66299953 km
14.29 km/s
2079-Sep-16 05:38 0.293381 AU
43889237 km
18.24 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
24.8

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47296
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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