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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 BV7

2020 BV7

2020 BV7 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.105 AU it takes 1.16 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 22
Orbital Period · P
1.16 yr
v(q)
36.4 km/s
v(Q)
22.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.6
Eccentricity · e
0.2447

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.834 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.375 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.541 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.105 AU gives an orbital period of 1.16 yr, or about 424 days.

An eccentricity of 0.245 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.04° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.1 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 = 27.99 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 22 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5783 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
1.105 AU
Eccentricity
0.2447
Perihelion
0.834 AU
Aphelion
1.375393 AU
Inclination
7.04°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
118.51°

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-19 20:00 0.178772 AU
26743842 km
14.66 km/s
2027-Oct-29 06:15 0.401141 AU
60009838 km
7.87 km/s
2028-Jul-25 01:44 0.078719 AU
11776234 km
11.71 km/s
2034-Jan-10 09:05 0.354725 AU
53066067 km
20.93 km/s
2034-Nov-19 03:38 0.359617 AU
53798005 km
7.52 km/s
2035-Jul-14 19:55 0.008051 AU
1204400 km
6.28 km/s
2049-Sep-24 17:44 0.354361 AU
53011724 km
7.29 km/s
2050-Aug-09 09:41 0.401055 AU
59996907 km
21.06 km/s
2056-Jan-25 20:40 0.061085 AU
9138137 km
11.02 km/s
2056-Oct-16 10:24 0.400737 AU
59949449 km
7.80 km/s
2057-Jul-30 22:05 0.222426 AU
33274470 km
15.09 km/s
2063-Jan-15 03:33 0.336157 AU
50288307 km
17.87 km/s
2063-Nov-09 07:10 0.396031 AU
59245342 km
7.74 km/s
2064-Jul-20 00:03 0.023493 AU
3514539 km
8.75 km/s
2070-Nov-25 16:07 0.358920 AU
53693643 km
7.35 km/s
2077-Dec-16 01:45 0.278616 AU
41680356 km
6.43 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
27.99

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.57829
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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