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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 ED

2019 ED

2019 ED is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.891 AU and a period of 0.84 yr.

Aten Observations: 74
Orbital Period · P
0.84 yr
v(q)
35.7 km/s
v(Q)
27.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.66
Eccentricity · e
0.1241

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.781 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.002 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.221 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.891 AU gives an orbital period of 0.84 yr, or about 307 days.

An eccentricity of 0.124 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.15° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.9 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 = 26.9 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 74 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3987 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
0.8912 AU
Eccentricity
0.1241
Perihelion
0.781 AU
Aphelion
1.001798 AU
Inclination
1.15°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
35.66°

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-02 19:45 0.214969 AU
32158857 km
5.83 km/s
2030-Apr-05 04:00 0.290143 AU
43404714 km
12.19 km/s
2035-Apr-04 15:04 0.016517 AU
2470923 km
3.16 km/s
2040-Feb-05 00:45 0.001034 AU
154673 km
3.74 km/s
2045-Feb-08 03:09 0.223935 AU
33500195 km
11.81 km/s
2051-Apr-05 11:23 0.139943 AU
20935219 km
13.19 km/s
2056-Apr-10 06:06 0.019511 AU
2918812 km
5.17 km/s
2061-Feb-04 02:59 0.002209 AU
330499 km
4.15 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
26.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.39867
Condition
6
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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