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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 CE3

2020 CE3

2020 CE3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.98 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 10
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
53.1 km/s
v(Q)
17.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
6.03
Eccentricity · e
0.5131

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.477 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.483 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.006 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.98 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 354 days.

The high eccentricity (0.513) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.42° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.1 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 = 24.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 10 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.9616 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 9 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
0.98 AU
Eccentricity
0.5131
Perihelion
0.477 AU
Aphelion
1.482838 AU
Inclination
16.42°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2458885.5
Mean Anomaly
66.16°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
24.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.96159
Condition
9
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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