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2017 TK6

2017 TK6 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.824 AU and a period of 0.75 yr.

Aten Observations: 89
Orbital Period · P
0.75 yr
v(q)
49.6 km/s
v(Q)
21.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
7.02
Eccentricity · e
0.3902

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.502 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.145 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.643 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.824 AU gives an orbital period of 0.75 yr, or about 273 days.

An eccentricity of 0.39 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.43° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.7 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 = 24.63 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 89 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4608 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
0.8237 AU
Eccentricity
0.3902
Perihelion
0.502 AU
Aphelion
1.145108 AU
Inclination
16.43°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
78.24°

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
2029-Apr-19 20:15 0.474358 AU
70962882 km
20.50 km/s
2029-Oct-24 00:52 0.180774 AU
27043457 km
16.78 km/s
2032-Apr-13 03:43 0.481622 AU
72049628 km
21.11 km/s
2032-Oct-22 02:43 0.242878 AU
36333990 km
18.66 km/s
2035-Apr-07 07:46 0.488228 AU
73037844 km
21.58 km/s
2035-Oct-20 18:42 0.307929 AU
46065571 km
20.68 km/s
2038-Mar-31 09:41 0.493845 AU
73878143 km
21.89 km/s
2038-Oct-18 03:21 0.373807 AU
55920729 km
22.75 km/s
2041-Mar-24 13:12 0.498386 AU
74557469 km
22.03 km/s
2041-Oct-15 08:19 0.439526 AU
65752217 km
24.85 km/s
2043-Aug-25 01:23 0.487340 AU
72905070 km
22.88 km/s
2046-Aug-22 09:39 0.433417 AU
64838237 km
20.72 km/s
2049-Aug-20 00:54 0.383925 AU
57434360 km
18.60 km/s
2052-Aug-18 05:05 0.339976 AU
50859743 km
16.51 km/s
2055-Aug-18 08:21 0.303528 AU
45407164 km
14.49 km/s
2056-Feb-19 10:39 0.499962 AU
74793245 km
19.57 km/s
2058-Aug-19 08:44 0.276826 AU
41412593 km
12.67 km/s
2059-Feb-12 04:07 0.494682 AU
74003427 km
18.41 km/s
2061-Aug-23 18:21 0.259979 AU
38892304 km
11.30 km/s
2062-Feb-04 17:24 0.486870 AU
72834714 km
17.02 km/s
2064-Aug-31 13:25 0.248626 AU
37193939 km
10.65 km/s
2065-Jan-27 21:51 0.476119 AU
71226384 km
15.37 km/s
2067-Sep-10 04:32 0.237242 AU
35490956 km
10.52 km/s
2068-Jan-20 07:38 0.461277 AU
69005984 km
13.36 km/s
2070-Sep-18 05:59 0.223237 AU
33395761 km
10.49 km/s
2071-Jan-10 10:50 0.441725 AU
66081103 km
10.86 km/s
2073-Jun-24 05:56 0.371808 AU
55621660 km
9.16 km/s
2073-Sep-25 16:32 0.205031 AU
30672239 km
10.50 km/s
2076-Jun-11 20:41 0.391352 AU
58545465 km
11.74 km/s
2076-Oct-02 15:01 0.181747 AU
27188898 km
10.51 km/s
2079-Jun-03 20:21 0.406710 AU
60842954 km
13.48 km/s
2079-Oct-09 23:12 0.153871 AU
23018845 km
10.51 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
24.63

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46078
Condition
1
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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