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2017 BR6

2017 BR6 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.882 AU and a period of 0.83 yr.

Aten Observations: 20
Orbital Period · P
0.83 yr
v(q)
44.9 km/s
v(Q)
22.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.67
Eccentricity · e
0.3346

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.587 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.177 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.59 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.882 AU gives an orbital period of 0.83 yr, or about 302 days.

An eccentricity of 0.335 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.69° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.4 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 = 27.9 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 20 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4633 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
0.8817 AU
Eccentricity
0.3346
Perihelion
0.587 AU
Aphelion
1.176717 AU
Inclination
6.69°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
209.24°

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-Nov-09 15:47 0.354994 AU
53106286 km
10.61 km/s
2027-Mar-20 10:13 0.204330 AU
30567396 km
7.79 km/s
2027-Jun-30 06:54 0.301807 AU
45149616 km
8.40 km/s
2031-Feb-06 15:28 0.441566 AU
66057312 km
23.91 km/s
2031-Oct-14 23:23 0.403244 AU
60324415 km
14.00 km/s
2032-Apr-27 20:15 0.147002 AU
21991121 km
7.14 km/s
2036-Jan-30 09:19 0.253951 AU
37990529 km
18.03 km/s
2036-Sep-22 12:02 0.421565 AU
63065215 km
15.44 km/s
2037-May-04 05:24 0.136784 AU
20462546 km
12.08 km/s
2041-Jan-23 20:51 0.059748 AU
8938182 km
12.03 km/s
2041-Sep-01 02:31 0.417478 AU
62453875 km
15.33 km/s
2042-Apr-27 20:27 0.285219 AU
42668083 km
17.99 km/s
2046-Jan-31 18:18 0.097390 AU
14569341 km
7.66 km/s
2046-Aug-10 02:47 0.391526 AU
58571406 km
13.77 km/s
2047-Apr-20 07:21 0.459867 AU
68795186 km
23.83 km/s
2050-Nov-24 07:16 0.315714 AU
47230157 km
8.22 km/s
2051-Mar-06 15:06 0.196710 AU
29427344 km
7.89 km/s
2051-Jul-14 19:35 0.336070 AU
50275360 km
10.49 km/s
2055-Oct-25 18:11 0.385992 AU
57743624 km
12.79 km/s
2056-Apr-09 05:03 0.184333 AU
27575820 km
7.30 km/s
2060-Feb-02 17:02 0.337744 AU
50525793 km
20.63 km/s
2060-Oct-01 22:12 0.416535 AU
62312808 km
15.01 km/s
2061-May-05 17:43 0.116448 AU
17420308 km
9.66 km/s
2065-Jan-25 17:55 0.138568 AU
20729424 km
14.29 km/s
2065-Sep-09 07:52 0.421970 AU
63125771 km
15.56 km/s
2066-Apr-30 14:22 0.228247 AU
34145335 km
15.80 km/s
2070-Jan-25 08:05 0.048711 AU
7287102 km
8.59 km/s
2070-Aug-17 05:30 0.403525 AU
60366525 km
14.44 km/s
2071-Apr-22 12:00 0.415169 AU
62108432 km
22.13 km/s
2074-Dec-04 01:38 0.298108 AU
44596336 km
6.55 km/s
2075-Feb-28 01:39 0.189152 AU
28296740 km
7.82 km/s
2075-Jul-20 08:49 0.352020 AU
52661453 km
11.27 km/s
2079-Oct-28 00:38 0.383627 AU
57389734 km
12.51 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
27.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46328
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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