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2019 AP11

2019 AP11 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.895 AU and a period of 0.85 yr.

Aten Observations: 49
Orbital Period · P
0.85 yr
v(q)
39.1 km/s
v(Q)
25.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.61
Eccentricity · e
0.2145

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.703 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.087 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.384 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.895 AU gives an orbital period of 0.85 yr, or about 309 days.

An eccentricity of 0.214 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.06° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.3 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 = 25.18 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 49 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4655 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.8949 AU
Eccentricity
0.2145
Perihelion
0.703 AU
Aphelion
1.086856 AU
Inclination
11.06°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
136.79°

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
2030-Jan-25 21:00 0.054417 AU
8140646 km
7.24 km/s
2041-Jan-20 04:39 0.093139 AU
13933346 km
6.81 km/s
2052-Jan-26 07:21 0.049686 AU
7432923 km
7.27 km/s
2063-Jan-29 00:45 0.020343 AU
3043268 km
8.54 km/s
2067-Sep-27 18:46 0.187717 AU
28082019 km
6.96 km/s
2079-Jan-24 15:07 0.063149 AU
9446913 km
7.09 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
25.18

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46546
Condition
2
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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