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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 NG13

2015 NG13

2015 NG13 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.855 AU and a period of 0.79 yr.

Aten Observations: 25
Orbital Period · P
0.79 yr
v(q)
40.5 km/s
v(Q)
25.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
6.88
Eccentricity · e
0.225

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.662 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.047 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.385 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.855 AU gives an orbital period of 0.79 yr, or about 289 days.

An eccentricity of 0.225 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.35° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.6 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 = 24.9 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 25 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.303 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
0.8546 AU
Eccentricity
0.225
Perihelion
0.662 AU
Aphelion
1.046885 AU
Inclination
5.35°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
92.45°

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-31 21:48 0.314771 AU
47089115 km
10.47 km/s
2030-Jun-15 07:44 0.090522 AU
13541877 km
8.83 km/s
2030-Nov-14 22:21 0.249022 AU
37253172 km
7.14 km/s
2038-Feb-18 00:09 0.306337 AU
45827289 km
9.41 km/s
2038-Aug-14 19:32 0.298907 AU
44715874 km
14.37 km/s
2041-Jun-25 05:53 0.411663 AU
61583878 km
18.31 km/s
2042-Jan-02 12:39 0.316925 AU
47411345 km
10.54 km/s
2045-Jun-15 01:04 0.101614 AU
15201256 km
8.51 km/s
2045-Nov-12 12:21 0.252061 AU
37707819 km
6.89 km/s
2049-Aug-13 12:53 0.078244 AU
11705074 km
5.36 km/s
2053-Feb-13 20:34 0.315239 AU
47159074 km
9.67 km/s
2053-Aug-13 20:36 0.351145 AU
52530610 km
15.22 km/s
2056-Jun-24 02:29 0.403681 AU
60389791 km
17.58 km/s
2056-Dec-30 04:31 0.314845 AU
47100096 km
10.45 km/s
2060-Jun-14 14:26 0.080649 AU
12064858 km
8.04 km/s
2060-Nov-09 13:07 0.242413 AU
36264446 km
6.63 km/s
2064-Aug-13 15:31 0.071960 AU
10765004 km
5.38 km/s
2068-Feb-16 12:48 0.309430 AU
46290010 km
9.56 km/s
2068-Aug-14 06:14 0.300530 AU
44958656 km
14.73 km/s
2071-Jun-25 13:03 0.395541 AU
59172142 km
18.32 km/s
2072-Jan-03 04:39 0.314308 AU
47019735 km
10.56 km/s
2075-Jun-15 09:56 0.041006 AU
6134384 km
8.71 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
24.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.30305
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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