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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 TN

2019 TN

2019 TN belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.238 AU it takes 1.38 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 49
Orbital Period · P
1.38 yr
v(q)
34.4 km/s
v(Q)
20.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.14 km
TJ
5.11
Eccentricity · e
0.2452

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.934 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.542 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.608 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.238 AU gives an orbital period of 1.38 yr, or about 503 days.

An eccentricity of 0.245 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.88° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.8 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 = 22.04 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 49 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6655 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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
1.238 AU
Eccentricity
0.2452
Perihelion
0.934 AU
Aphelion
1.541558 AU
Inclination
16.88°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
51.18°

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
2030-Apr-12 08:50 0.108281 AU
16198559 km
9.77 km/s
2070-Mar-27 16:44 0.076462 AU
11438573 km
12.13 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
22.04

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.66554
Condition
0
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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