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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 WR4

2019 WR4

2019 WR4 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.478 AU it takes 1.80 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 70
Orbital Period · P
1.80 yr
v(q)
34.1 km/s
v(Q)
17.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
4.53
Eccentricity · e
0.3196

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.006 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.95 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.944 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.478 AU gives an orbital period of 1.80 yr, or about 656 days.

An eccentricity of 0.32 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 0.97° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.6 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 26.04 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 70 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5171 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
1.478 AU
Eccentricity
0.3196
Perihelion
1.006 AU
Aphelion
1.950369 AU
Inclination
0.97°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
204.43°

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
2028-Dec-12 19:47 0.085629 AU
12809869 km
6.92 km/s
2037-Nov-29 06:24 0.247596 AU
37039874 km
12.18 km/s
2038-Mar-20 15:50 0.340789 AU
50981352 km
2.41 km/s
2046-Nov-21 05:40 0.354603 AU
53047834 km
16.51 km/s
2047-Apr-09 00:10 0.416217 AU
62265212 km
4.91 km/s
2072-Mar-04 01:24 0.248708 AU
37206141 km
15.70 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
26.04

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.51707
Condition
6
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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