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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 QQ

2019 QQ

2019 QQ belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.054 AU it takes 1.08 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 36
Orbital Period · P
1.08 yr
v(q)
43.8 km/s
v(Q)
19.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.75
Eccentricity · e
0.3899

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.643 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.465 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.822 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.054 AU gives an orbital period of 1.08 yr, or about 395 days.

An eccentricity of 0.39 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.83° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.2 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 = 25.2 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 36 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5928 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
1.054 AU
Eccentricity
0.3899
Perihelion
0.643 AU
Aphelion
1.464955 AU
Inclination
9.83°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
35.46°

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
2032-Aug-22 04:27 0.026350 AU
3941959 km
14.08 km/s
2033-Jul-23 11:26 0.327492 AU
48992169 km
9.18 km/s
2034-Jun-10 14:05 0.484640 AU
72501064 km
10.27 km/s
2036-Mar-27 10:06 0.118162 AU
17676717 km
16.05 km/s
2045-Aug-18 13:32 0.085994 AU
12864593 km
16.87 km/s
2046-Aug-04 07:21 0.259589 AU
38833973 km
8.54 km/s
2047-Jun-19 05:04 0.472297 AU
70654562 km
10.29 km/s
2048-May-05 13:42 0.399860 AU
59818182 km
8.90 km/s
2049-Mar-21 08:59 0.105916 AU
15844813 km
12.98 km/s
2058-Aug-13 08:58 0.288831 AU
43208562 km
20.61 km/s
2059-Aug-22 02:00 0.200769 AU
30034638 km
8.00 km/s
2060-Jun-28 16:37 0.458241 AU
68551823 km
10.16 km/s
2060-Dec-18 08:32 0.354763 AU
53071850 km
13.83 km/s
2061-May-18 11:30 0.454320 AU
67965309 km
9.62 km/s
2062-Mar-11 06:16 0.123575 AU
18486554 km
9.89 km/s
2063-Apr-11 04:35 0.372293 AU
55694232 km
23.99 km/s
2071-Aug-09 02:40 0.284692 AU
42589306 km
23.60 km/s
2072-Aug-26 17:25 0.034623 AU
5179496 km
9.71 km/s
2076-Apr-05 01:49 0.187773 AU
28090383 km
20.81 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
25.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.5928
Condition
7
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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