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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 NE2

2019 NE2

2019 NE2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.73 AU it takes 2.28 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 211
Orbital Period · P
2.28 yr
v(q)
57.2 km/s
v(Q)
9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.22 km
TJ
3.79
Eccentricity · e
0.7288

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.469 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.991 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.522 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.73 AU gives an orbital period of 2.28 yr, or about 831 days.

The high eccentricity (0.729) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.48° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 57.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 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 = 21.09 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.22 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 211 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.2977 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
1.73 AU
Eccentricity
0.7288
Perihelion
0.469 AU
Aphelion
2.990824 AU
Inclination
8.48°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
352.15°

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
2031-Feb-24 14:35 0.428876 AU
64158928 km
36.26 km/s
2035-Jun-20 09:51 0.373554 AU
55882897 km
34.62 km/s
2037-Nov-22 10:35 0.492108 AU
73618287 km
24.53 km/s
2044-Jul-20 14:55 0.246651 AU
36898417 km
16.64 km/s
2047-Feb-02 06:54 0.114815 AU
17176061 km
22.51 km/s
2060-Jun-27 03:39 0.223701 AU
33465145 km
30.05 km/s
2062-Dec-09 07:01 0.444824 AU
66544699 km
20.94 km/s
2069-Aug-09 22:18 0.377059 AU
56407224 km
13.89 km/s
2072-Feb-09 19:33 0.149394 AU
22349019 km
26.57 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
21.09

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.29772
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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