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2018 BB5

2018 BB5 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.956 AU and a period of 0.94 yr.

Aten Observations: 23
Orbital Period · P
0.94 yr
v(q)
60.3 km/s
v(Q)
15.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
6.13
Eccentricity · e
0.593

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.389 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.523 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.134 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.956 AU gives an orbital period of 0.94 yr, or about 342 days.

The high eccentricity (0.593) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.96° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 60.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.4 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 = 24.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 23 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6333 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
0.9563 AU
Eccentricity
0.593
Perihelion
0.389 AU
Aphelion
1.523386 AU
Inclination
7.96°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
264.79°

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-Oct-31 06:04 0.246267 AU
36841018 km
12.76 km/s
2031-Jan-09 08:55 0.422355 AU
63183455 km
14.38 km/s
2032-Feb-04 01:56 0.111006 AU
16606333 km
13.52 km/s
2033-Jan-31 23:32 0.017643 AU
2639352 km
23.10 km/s
2040-Nov-06 03:35 0.169736 AU
25392085 km
27.55 km/s
2041-Oct-24 14:39 0.137563 AU
20579086 km
15.79 km/s
2046-Jan-21 18:54 0.310274 AU
46416317 km
13.59 km/s
2047-Feb-06 22:53 0.018237 AU
2728163 km
17.39 km/s
2048-Jan-25 06:30 0.212817 AU
31836942 km
29.21 km/s
2054-Nov-16 00:57 0.495749 AU
74162933 km
34.51 km/s
2055-Oct-31 11:08 0.167260 AU
25021686 km
22.40 km/s
2056-Oct-29 00:37 0.273516 AU
40917421 km
12.82 km/s
2057-Nov-26 08:34 0.483625 AU
72349306 km
14.27 km/s
2060-Jan-08 01:43 0.467399 AU
69921954 km
14.49 km/s
2061-Feb-01 17:13 0.216261 AU
32352142 km
13.34 km/s
2062-Feb-02 11:24 0.026404 AU
3950040 km
22.16 km/s
2063-Jan-18 06:40 0.394091 AU
58955221 km
34.48 km/s
2069-Nov-07 18:41 0.214714 AU
32120821 km
28.40 km/s
2070-Oct-25 10:25 0.135689 AU
20298812 km
16.46 km/s
2076-Feb-07 12:58 0.018751 AU
2805167 km
17.08 km/s
2077-Jan-25 02:08 0.131262 AU
19636459 km
28.93 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
24.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.63331
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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