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2018 RD2

2018 RD2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.809 AU and a period of 0.73 yr.

Aten Observations: 32
Orbital Period · P
0.73 yr
v(q)
45.5 km/s
v(Q)
24.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
7.17
Eccentricity · e
0.3087

Orbit and dynamics

Between its closest point (0.56 AU) and its farthest (1.059 AU), the heliocentric distance changes by 0.499 AU over every revolution.

One full revolution takes 0.73 yr (266 days), computed from the semi-major axis of 0.809 AU.

An eccentricity of 0.309 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.83° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.1 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 = 27.08 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

Astrometry from 32 individual observations underpins this orbit; the fit leaves an RMS residual of 0.4756 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
0.8094 AU
Eccentricity
0.3087
Perihelion
0.56 AU
Aphelion
1.059262 AU
Inclination
10.83°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
13.59°

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-Oct-28 22:36 0.191211 AU
28604702 km
12.70 km/s
2032-Mar-29 06:19 0.439541 AU
65754340 km
16.93 km/s
2034-Aug-31 20:09 0.068887 AU
10305373 km
12.34 km/s
2037-Oct-26 10:36 0.142878 AU
21374207 km
9.44 km/s
2040-Apr-10 01:49 0.445244 AU
66607628 km
16.54 km/s
2042-Sep-03 02:17 0.166651 AU
24930696 km
15.55 km/s
2048-Apr-21 21:30 0.439341 AU
65724536 km
15.72 km/s
2048-Oct-20 10:36 0.418607 AU
62622780 km
21.88 km/s
2050-Sep-06 07:26 0.270606 AU
40482147 km
18.75 km/s
2051-Feb-26 19:36 0.400991 AU
59987379 km
15.71 km/s
2056-May-03 03:10 0.429084 AU
64190018 km
14.56 km/s
2056-Oct-23 23:11 0.338764 AU
50678391 km
18.78 km/s
2058-Sep-09 13:02 0.368572 AU
55137579 km
21.60 km/s
2059-Mar-09 00:06 0.417590 AU
62470626 km
16.45 km/s
2061-Sep-07 12:16 0.014262 AU
2133529 km
7.83 km/s
2064-May-11 18:11 0.422825 AU
63253715 km
13.44 km/s
2064-Oct-26 01:25 0.308252 AU
46113779 km
16.52 km/s
2066-Sep-11 15:54 0.476373 AU
71264431 km
23.43 km/s
2067-Mar-15 03:38 0.430926 AU
64465614 km
16.77 km/s
2069-Sep-03 10:20 0.010769 AU
1611027 km
8.52 km/s
2070-Jan-07 07:03 0.317755 AU
47535416 km
8.53 km/s
2072-May-20 17:39 0.405326 AU
60635834 km
12.02 km/s
2072-Oct-27 18:43 0.238588 AU
35692316 km
14.23 km/s
2077-Aug-31 08:51 0.019264 AU
2881799 km
11.20 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
27.08

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47559
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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