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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 RD2

2015 RD2

2015 RD2 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.745 AU once every 2.31 yr.

Amor Observations: 409
Orbital Period · P
2.31 yr
v(q)
34.1 km/s
v(Q)
14.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.5 km
TJ
4.01
Eccentricity · e
0.3926

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.06 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.43 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.37 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.745 AU gives an orbital period of 2.31 yr, or about 842 days.

An eccentricity of 0.393 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.67° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 14.9 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 = 19.26 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.5 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 409 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4049 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.745 AU
Eccentricity
0.3926
Perihelion
1.06 AU
Aphelion
2.430087 AU
Inclination
14.67°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
188.38°

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
2046-Jan-14 23:47 0.288820 AU
43206893 km
14.30 km/s
2053-Jan-03 18:53 0.317166 AU
47447284 km
8.20 km/s
2076-Jan-09 15:22 0.157055 AU
23495142 km
10.71 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
19.26

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40487
Condition
0
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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