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2017 KZ2

2017 KZ2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.892 AU and a period of 0.84 yr.

Aten Observations: 29
Orbital Period · P
0.84 yr
v(q)
43.5 km/s
v(Q)
22.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
6.5
Eccentricity · e
0.3104

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.615 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.169 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.554 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.892 AU gives an orbital period of 0.84 yr, or about 308 days.

An eccentricity of 0.31 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 31.68° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.9 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 = 25 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 29 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.962 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 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
0.8923 AU
Eccentricity
0.3104
Perihelion
0.615 AU
Aphelion
1.16927 AU
Inclination
31.68°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2457891.5
Mean Anomaly
110.52°

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
2028-May-11 04:01 0.155700 AU
23292382 km
15.48 km/s
2033-May-13 00:35 0.021077 AU
3153102 km
18.51 km/s
2038-May-24 02:10 0.192386 AU
28780511 km
26.02 km/s
2044-May-10 03:16 0.045767 AU
6846629 km
15.80 km/s
2049-May-15 20:04 0.027017 AU
4041701 km
20.50 km/s
2065-May-18 13:53 0.077216 AU
11551350 km
22.38 km/s
2071-May-13 19:01 0.238111 AU
35620841 km
15.54 km/s
2071-Oct-30 14:10 0.315693 AU
47226959 km
21.76 km/s
2076-May-11 07:27 0.016288 AU
2436585 km
17.25 km/s
2076-Nov-29 22:04 0.367175 AU
54928547 km
21.83 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
25.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.96196
Condition
8
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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