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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 DA2

2018 DA2

2018 DA2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.882 AU and a period of 0.83 yr.

Aten Observations: 56
Orbital Period · P
0.83 yr
v(q)
51.5 km/s
v(Q)
19.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
6.6
Eccentricity · e
0.4508

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.485 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.28 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.795 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.882 AU gives an orbital period of 0.83 yr, or about 303 days.

The high eccentricity (0.451) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 18.32° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 51.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.5 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 = 23.28 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 56 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3797 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
0.8825 AU
Eccentricity
0.4508
Perihelion
0.485 AU
Aphelion
1.280331 AU
Inclination
18.32°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
235.19°

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-Jan-14 17:55 0.361759 AU
54118420 km
11.93 km/s
2028-Mar-14 10:08 0.196142 AU
29342412 km
20.35 km/s
2031-Oct-06 08:03 0.438014 AU
65525935 km
18.46 km/s
2032-Jan-31 01:23 0.360984 AU
54002481 km
12.58 km/s
2033-Mar-09 20:42 0.337515 AU
50491514 km
24.92 km/s
2036-Sep-18 21:56 0.474065 AU
70919147 km
21.31 km/s
2037-Feb-13 03:54 0.332200 AU
49696363 km
12.78 km/s
2038-Mar-04 08:15 0.483724 AU
72364096 km
29.75 km/s
2040-Dec-21 14:38 0.408841 AU
61161755 km
22.34 km/s
2042-Feb-26 12:12 0.274798 AU
41109186 km
12.66 km/s
2045-Dec-15 01:22 0.328876 AU
49199171 km
17.39 km/s
2047-Mar-10 17:01 0.188690 AU
28227590 km
12.78 km/s
2050-Dec-09 22:53 0.312203 AU
46704940 km
12.56 km/s
2052-Mar-16 15:39 0.096621 AU
14454244 km
14.44 km/s
2055-Nov-11 02:28 0.362421 AU
54217468 km
11.97 km/s
2056-Jan-02 20:46 0.348561 AU
52143927 km
11.25 km/s
2057-Mar-16 19:12 0.123291 AU
18444104 km
17.82 km/s
2060-Oct-16 21:26 0.412947 AU
61776002 km
16.34 km/s
2061-Jan-21 09:52 0.364339 AU
54504308 km
12.28 km/s
2062-Mar-13 07:33 0.252465 AU
37768182 km
22.16 km/s
2065-Sep-29 00:34 0.453609 AU
67858932 km
19.70 km/s
2066-Feb-05 11:04 0.352274 AU
52699447 km
12.70 km/s
2067-Mar-08 05:25 0.397311 AU
59436921 km
26.88 km/s
2069-Dec-26 06:00 0.473937 AU
70900030 km
25.33 km/s
2070-Sep-13 07:00 0.486616 AU
72796750 km
22.23 km/s
2071-Feb-19 04:16 0.312450 AU
46741846 km
12.74 km/s
2071-Jun-02 09:24 0.497181 AU
74377204 km
13.59 km/s
2074-Dec-19 13:51 0.371295 AU
55544930 km
20.36 km/s
2076-Mar-03 04:20 0.243695 AU
36456256 km
12.64 km/s
2079-Dec-13 07:05 0.313277 AU
46865608 km
15.43 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
23.28

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.37969
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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