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2017 DW35

2017 DW35 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.841 AU and a period of 0.77 yr.

Aten Observations: 59
Orbital Period · P
0.77 yr
v(q)
60.7 km/s
v(Q)
17.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.13 km
TJ
6.76
Eccentricity · e
0.5555

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.374 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.308 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.934 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.841 AU gives an orbital period of 0.77 yr, or about 282 days.

The high eccentricity (0.555) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 31.92° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 60.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.4 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 = 22.21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.13 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 59 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4563 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
0.8411 AU
Eccentricity
0.5555
Perihelion
0.374 AU
Aphelion
1.308331 AU
Inclination
31.92°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
240.79°

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
2027-Feb-27 11:14 0.286762 AU
42898982 km
17.79 km/s
2030-Feb-03 00:28 0.416328 AU
62281735 km
17.72 km/s
2031-Mar-03 07:56 0.380972 AU
56992649 km
30.74 km/s
2033-Jan-12 22:29 0.479209 AU
71688696 km
22.53 km/s
2034-Mar-10 01:01 0.165596 AU
24772839 km
19.51 km/s
2037-Feb-19 20:12 0.335732 AU
50224794 km
17.76 km/s
2040-Jan-25 16:13 0.432115 AU
64643432 km
17.82 km/s
2041-Mar-07 09:38 0.242395 AU
36261837 km
26.38 km/s
2044-Mar-05 18:25 0.194688 AU
29124979 km
18.23 km/s
2047-Feb-12 22:04 0.374184 AU
55977146 km
17.74 km/s
2050-Jan-16 19:43 0.444142 AU
66442730 km
18.78 km/s
2051-Mar-10 17:15 0.170872 AU
25562054 km
22.64 km/s
2054-Feb-28 10:21 0.248121 AU
37118347 km
17.82 km/s
2057-Feb-04 08:41 0.406574 AU
60822661 km
17.73 km/s
2058-Mar-02 09:10 0.329304 AU
49263187 km
31.50 km/s
2060-Jan-13 19:25 0.453944 AU
67909063 km
21.83 km/s
2061-Mar-10 06:09 0.165361 AU
24737647 km
19.85 km/s
2064-Feb-21 22:27 0.305404 AU
45687795 km
17.76 km/s
2067-Jan-26 23:51 0.430479 AU
64398683 km
17.78 km/s
2068-Mar-06 16:58 0.203899 AU
30502843 km
27.02 km/s
2071-Mar-07 08:29 0.183299 AU
27421132 km
18.34 km/s
2074-Feb-13 18:40 0.358871 AU
53686274 km
17.74 km/s
2077-Jan-17 14:10 0.443692 AU
66375422 km
18.59 km/s
2078-Mar-10 10:14 0.172288 AU
25773968 km
23.01 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
22.21

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45634
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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