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2013 SN24

2013 SN24 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.833 AU and a period of 0.76 yr.

Aten Observations: 45
Orbital Period · P
0.76 yr
v(q)
42.5 km/s
v(Q)
25 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
7.01
Eccentricity · e
0.2585

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.618 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.049 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.431 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.833 AU gives an orbital period of 0.76 yr, or about 278 days.

An eccentricity of 0.259 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.09° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25 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 = 25 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 45 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4483 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
0.8333 AU
Eccentricity
0.2585
Perihelion
0.618 AU
Aphelion
1.048708 AU
Inclination
10.09°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
70.69°

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-Oct-22 08:25 0.065760 AU
9837488 km
8.04 km/s
2035-Sep-02 09:37 0.140621 AU
21036669 km
12.94 km/s
2038-Sep-08 12:19 0.342724 AU
51270740 km
20.72 km/s
2042-Oct-18 22:05 0.305556 AU
45710517 km
20.69 km/s
2045-Oct-25 22:51 0.092856 AU
13891126 km
12.89 km/s
2054-Sep-03 07:22 0.114098 AU
17068842 km
15.20 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
25.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44829
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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