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2014 RX22

2014 RX22 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.823 AU and a period of 0.75 yr.

Aten Observations: 28
Orbital Period · P
0.75 yr
v(q)
43.9 km/s
v(Q)
24.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
7.04
Eccentricity · e
0.2826

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.59 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.055 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.465 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.823 AU gives an orbital period of 0.75 yr, or about 273 days.

An eccentricity of 0.283 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 20.02° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.6 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 = 26 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 28 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5294 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
0.8229 AU
Eccentricity
0.2826
Perihelion
0.59 AU
Aphelion
1.055452 AU
Inclination
20.02°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
65.34°

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-May-05 14:05 0.437253 AU
65412053 km
14.88 km/s
2029-Oct-04 02:33 0.292015 AU
43684887 km
14.84 km/s
2032-Apr-24 13:10 0.432444 AU
64692702 km
16.42 km/s
2032-Oct-04 17:16 0.357257 AU
53444875 km
17.06 km/s
2035-Apr-15 04:19 0.424992 AU
63577842 km
17.50 km/s
2035-Oct-04 20:45 0.426409 AU
63789844 km
19.54 km/s
2038-Apr-05 02:46 0.416686 AU
62335281 km
18.22 km/s
2041-Mar-26 04:20 0.408546 AU
61117631 km
18.65 km/s
2044-Mar-16 11:07 0.401536 AU
60068995 km
18.78 km/s
2046-Sep-08 06:51 0.415323 AU
62131481 km
22.12 km/s
2047-Mar-07 20:16 0.396444 AU
59307110 km
18.63 km/s
2049-Sep-05 22:34 0.329271 AU
49258233 km
19.59 km/s
2050-Feb-26 01:29 0.393484 AU
58864311 km
18.21 km/s
2052-Sep-04 04:14 0.245841 AU
36777341 km
17.19 km/s
2053-Feb-16 03:57 0.392033 AU
58647277 km
17.53 km/s
2055-Sep-04 07:51 0.168091 AU
25145983 km
15.01 km/s
2056-Feb-07 02:04 0.390374 AU
58399185 km
16.56 km/s
2058-Sep-04 15:21 0.101728 AU
15218291 km
13.21 km/s
2061-Sep-06 06:52 0.060518 AU
9053320 km
11.85 km/s
2064-Sep-09 01:59 0.046140 AU
6902507 km
11.05 km/s
2067-Sep-13 12:05 0.045206 AU
6762731 km
10.69 km/s
2070-Sep-17 20:29 0.061863 AU
9254522 km
10.67 km/s
2073-Sep-22 19:37 0.092207 AU
13794035 km
11.07 km/s
2076-Sep-27 17:24 0.132487 AU
19819732 km
11.92 km/s
2079-Oct-02 12:10 0.178503 AU
26703699 km
13.27 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
26.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52939
Condition
6
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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