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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 LG1

2019 LG1

2019 LG1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.126 AU it takes 1.19 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 40
Orbital Period · P
1.19 yr
v(q)
40.9 km/s
v(Q)
19.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.24 km
TJ
5.45
Eccentricity · e
0.3594

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.721 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.531 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.81 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.126 AU gives an orbital period of 1.19 yr, or about 436 days.

An eccentricity of 0.359 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.99° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.3 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 = 20.85 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 40 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6407 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
1.126 AU
Eccentricity
0.3594
Perihelion
0.721 AU
Aphelion
1.530684 AU
Inclination
17.99°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
227.71°

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
2037-Jun-07 16:06 0.129224 AU
19331633 km
11.63 km/s
2043-Jun-04 14:26 0.035075 AU
5247077 km
14.30 km/s
2044-Dec-16 01:09 0.147262 AU
22030078 km
17.84 km/s
2049-May-30 05:59 0.140982 AU
21090618 km
17.51 km/s
2050-Dec-08 21:15 0.055794 AU
8346595 km
14.56 km/s
2056-Nov-28 01:21 0.146266 AU
21881047 km
11.97 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
20.85

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.64071
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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