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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 BS

2020 BS

2020 BS belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.301 AU it takes 1.48 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 38
Orbital Period · P
1.48 yr
v(q)
33.8 km/s
v(Q)
20.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
4.97
Eccentricity · e
0.2516

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.973 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.628 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.655 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.301 AU gives an orbital period of 1.48 yr, or about 542 days.

An eccentricity of 0.252 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.28° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.2 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 = 27.9 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 38 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6056 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
1.301 AU
Eccentricity
0.2516
Perihelion
0.973 AU
Aphelion
1.628332 AU
Inclination
1.28°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
124.1°

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-Oct-16 00:20 0.446288 AU
66763769 km
18.52 km/s
2029-Apr-19 16:50 0.430496 AU
64401284 km
6.55 km/s
2056-Aug-19 19:14 0.433621 AU
64868716 km
6.85 km/s
2059-Sep-09 08:32 0.333070 AU
49826556 km
5.26 km/s
2060-Feb-18 11:57 0.236938 AU
35445370 km
14.03 km/s
2063-Feb-04 10:16 0.028878 AU
4320116 km
7.70 km/s
2068-Nov-02 22:44 0.085899 AU
12850264 km
9.33 km/s
2071-Oct-21 05:30 0.296634 AU
44375841 km
16.01 km/s
2075-May-01 07:56 0.457886 AU
68498748 km
7.32 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
27.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.60557
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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