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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 VA2

2019 VA2

2019 VA2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.17 AU it takes 1.27 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 20
Orbital Period · P
1.27 yr
v(q)
33.5 km/s
v(Q)
22.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.38
Eccentricity · e
0.1951

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.942 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.398 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.456 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.17 AU gives an orbital period of 1.27 yr, or about 462 days.

An eccentricity of 0.195 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.12° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.6 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 = 28.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 20 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5393 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
1.17 AU
Eccentricity
0.1951
Perihelion
0.942 AU
Aphelion
1.398267 AU
Inclination
4.12°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
115.25°

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
2029-Feb-28 19:52 0.410935 AU
61474980 km
7.48 km/s
2033-Jun-19 11:20 0.173773 AU
25996018 km
12.89 km/s
2043-Nov-13 13:39 0.049367 AU
7385149 km
11.43 km/s
2052-Jun-11 18:22 0.272180 AU
40717620 km
17.35 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
28.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.53927
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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