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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 SY6

2019 SY6

2019 SY6 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.798 AU and a period of 0.71 yr.

Aten Observations: 28
Orbital Period · P
0.71 yr
v(q)
60.7 km/s
v(Q)
18.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
7.17
Eccentricity · e
0.5367

Orbit and dynamics

Between its closest point (0.37 AU) and its farthest (1.226 AU), the heliocentric distance changes by 0.856 AU over every revolution.

One full revolution takes 0.71 yr (260 days), computed from the semi-major axis of 0.798 AU.

The high eccentricity (0.537) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.19° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 60.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.3 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 = 25.07 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

Astrometry from 28 individual observations underpins this orbit; the fit leaves an RMS residual of 0.2992 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.798 AU
Eccentricity
0.5367
Perihelion
0.37 AU
Aphelion
1.226287 AU
Inclination
11.19°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
245.37°

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-Dec-04 02:37 0.192327 AU
28771759 km
16.95 km/s
2029-Sep-27 18:22 0.137028 AU
20499130 km
12.61 km/s
2032-Dec-02 00:20 0.221865 AU
33190573 km
18.97 km/s
2034-Oct-03 08:27 0.179202 AU
26808164 km
12.25 km/s
2037-Nov-30 05:14 0.266143 AU
39814418 km
21.17 km/s
2039-Oct-10 06:11 0.214502 AU
32089069 km
12.20 km/s
2041-Oct-07 21:51 0.480592 AU
71895560 km
31.24 km/s
2042-Nov-27 22:26 0.321143 AU
48042373 km
23.51 km/s
2044-Oct-16 18:25 0.240471 AU
35973910 km
12.26 km/s
2046-Oct-05 05:42 0.412749 AU
61746348 km
28.91 km/s
2047-Nov-25 09:26 0.381910 AU
57132903 km
25.91 km/s
2049-Jul-22 04:20 0.493265 AU
73791419 km
10.78 km/s
2049-Oct-24 09:08 0.255967 AU
38292166 km
12.31 km/s
2050-Feb-11 13:34 0.494493 AU
73975133 km
16.43 km/s
2051-Oct-02 15:44 0.343848 AU
51438905 km
26.56 km/s
2052-Nov-21 16:11 0.445337 AU
66621487 km
28.34 km/s
2054-Nov-01 02:49 0.261317 AU
39092399 km
12.28 km/s
2055-Feb-01 04:41 0.460040 AU
68820950 km
12.74 km/s
2056-Sep-29 04:48 0.273679 AU
40941733 km
24.20 km/s
2059-Nov-08 22:48 0.256985 AU
38444455 km
12.18 km/s
2061-Sep-27 00:50 0.205399 AU
30727303 km
21.97 km/s
2064-Nov-15 18:34 0.244039 AU
36507676 km
12.06 km/s
2066-Sep-25 06:25 0.140193 AU
20972509 km
19.88 km/s
2069-Nov-23 07:18 0.224534 AU
33589867 km
12.06 km/s
2071-Sep-24 00:45 0.079077 AU
11829727 km
17.95 km/s
2074-Nov-29 07:30 0.204465 AU
30587540 km
12.42 km/s
2076-Sep-22 12:45 0.030394 AU
4546909 km
16.41 km/s
2079-Dec-02 11:59 0.192416 AU
28785088 km
12.98 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
25.07

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.29917
Condition
2
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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