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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 TV2

2018 TV2

2018 TV2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.642 AU it takes 2.10 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 56
Orbital Period · P
2.10 yr
v(q)
48.9 km/s
v(Q)
11 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.24 km
TJ
4.03
Eccentricity · e
0.6316

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.605 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.679 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.074 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.642 AU gives an orbital period of 2.10 yr, or about 769 days.

The high eccentricity (0.632) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.15° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 48.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 11 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 = 20.86 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.24 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 56 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4726 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
1.642 AU
Eccentricity
0.6316
Perihelion
0.605 AU
Aphelion
2.679087 AU
Inclination
10.15°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
173.42°

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
2035-Oct-26 14:00 0.469667 AU
70261124 km
31.93 km/s
2037-Dec-08 07:12 0.262317 AU
39241995 km
13.15 km/s
2040-Mar-04 23:13 0.373368 AU
55855093 km
19.22 km/s
2042-May-21 13:40 0.191131 AU
28592803 km
21.09 km/s
2056-Nov-06 00:50 0.272131 AU
40710169 km
25.12 km/s
2059-Jan-16 12:37 0.358513 AU
53632732 km
17.53 km/s
2061-Apr-04 07:14 0.313512 AU
46900664 km
15.78 km/s
2063-Jun-03 19:54 0.357029 AU
53410790 km
27.84 km/s
2077-Nov-19 20:58 0.170902 AU
25566517 km
17.79 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
20.86

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47262
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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