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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 BM7

2020 BM7

2020 BM7 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.116 AU once every 1.18 yr.

Amor Observations: 26
Orbital Period · P
1.18 yr
v(q)
30.7 km/s
v(Q)
25.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
5.5
Eccentricity · e
0.085

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.022 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.211 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.189 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.116 AU gives an orbital period of 1.18 yr, or about 431 days.

With e = 0.085, the orbit is close to circular.

A steep inclination of 24.55° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 30.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.9 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 24.2 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 26 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.457 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
1.116 AU
Eccentricity
0.085
Perihelion
1.022 AU
Aphelion
1.21086 AU
Inclination
24.55°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
72.49°

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-Jan-16 07:01 0.315423 AU
47186652 km
13.84 km/s
2033-Jan-31 10:46 0.153108 AU
22904673 km
14.41 km/s
2033-Jul-28 17:11 0.112208 AU
16786107 km
12.30 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
24.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45699
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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