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NASA JPL SBDB · 2013 UX2

2013 UX2

2013 UX2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.119 AU it takes 1.18 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 15
Orbital Period · P
1.18 yr
v(q)
32.7 km/s
v(Q)
24.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.57
Eccentricity · e
0.1493

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.952 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.286 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.334 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.119 AU gives an orbital period of 1.18 yr, or about 432 days.

An eccentricity of 0.149 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.11° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.2 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 = 29.2 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 15 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7162 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
1.119 AU
Eccentricity
0.1493
Perihelion
0.952 AU
Aphelion
1.286067 AU
Inclination
4.11°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
203.73°

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
2026-Dec-21 08:38 0.065241 AU
9759867 km
2.99 km/s
2032-Sep-24 13:19 0.359137 AU
53726097 km
14.45 km/s
2033-May-19 13:46 0.265087 AU
39656480 km
5.26 km/s
2039-Aug-01 07:41 0.224105 AU
33525625 km
3.91 km/s
2040-Feb-10 02:42 0.151845 AU
22715741 km
8.01 km/s
2045-Oct-07 08:13 0.139514 AU
20870938 km
8.32 km/s
2046-Apr-18 00:52 0.211442 AU
31631199 km
4.52 km/s
2052-Jun-26 17:13 0.272182 AU
40717828 km
5.05 km/s
2053-Feb-20 16:30 0.359162 AU
53729890 km
14.39 km/s
2058-Oct-30 19:15 0.006936 AU
1037569 km
3.38 km/s
2059-Mar-01 04:33 0.128393 AU
19207382 km
2.40 km/s
2064-Oct-01 18:47 0.066543 AU
9954636 km
10.34 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
29.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.7162
Condition
5
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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