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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 OW

2019 OW

2019 OW belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.094 AU it takes 1.14 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 31
Orbital Period · P
1.14 yr
v(q)
31 km/s
v(Q)
26.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
5.64
Eccentricity · e
0.0829

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.003 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.185 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.182 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.094 AU gives an orbital period of 1.14 yr, or about 418 days.

With e = 0.083, the orbit is close to circular.

The orbital plane is tilted 15.92° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.2 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 23.27 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 31 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4662 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 4 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
1.094 AU
Eccentricity
0.0829
Perihelion
1.003 AU
Aphelion
1.184693 AU
Inclination
15.92°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
287.21°

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-Jun-29 01:56 0.105049 AU
15715087 km
8.18 km/s
2027-Dec-20 07:40 0.114626 AU
17147733 km
9.57 km/s
2035-Jun-25 15:16 0.127434 AU
19063864 km
8.07 km/s
2035-Dec-19 23:23 0.162375 AU
24290984 km
10.42 km/s
2043-Jun-19 00:36 0.177768 AU
26593783 km
8.09 km/s
2043-Dec-20 01:20 0.241096 AU
36067468 km
12.01 km/s
2051-Jun-07 23:01 0.247069 AU
36961038 km
8.17 km/s
2051-Dec-20 22:48 0.340959 AU
51006743 km
14.31 km/s
2058-Jul-08 23:56 0.471240 AU
70496507 km
16.61 km/s
2059-May-19 10:00 0.318104 AU
47587753 km
7.61 km/s
2059-Dec-22 16:35 0.451002 AU
67469009 km
17.06 km/s
2066-Jul-09 20:13 0.367863 AU
55031565 km
14.01 km/s
2067-Jan-17 19:09 0.308317 AU
46123615 km
8.70 km/s
2074-Jul-09 10:08 0.273046 AU
40847124 km
11.82 km/s
2075-Jan-02 03:17 0.219018 AU
32764671 km
8.68 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
23.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46622
Condition
4
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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