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2020 DR4

2020 DR4 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.815 AU and a period of 0.74 yr.

Aten Observations: 24
Orbital Period · P
0.74 yr
v(q)
44.6 km/s
v(Q)
24.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0 km
TJ
7.14
Eccentricity · e
0.2924

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.577 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.054 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.477 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.815 AU gives an orbital period of 0.74 yr, or about 269 days.

An eccentricity of 0.292 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.36° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.4 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 = 29.75 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 24 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.489 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
0.8153 AU
Eccentricity
0.2924
Perihelion
0.577 AU
Aphelion
1.053694 AU
Inclination
4.36°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
317.34°

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
2034-Mar-04 19:07 0.024117 AU
3607885 km
5.99 km/s
2037-Apr-29 12:00 0.133964 AU
20040673 km
10.63 km/s
2045-Feb-22 05:43 0.136536 AU
20425452 km
11.57 km/s
2048-Apr-11 21:45 0.067798 AU
10142491 km
5.87 km/s
2059-Feb-23 08:45 0.001032 AU
154403 km
7.54 km/s
2062-Apr-27 16:08 0.067936 AU
10163054 km
7.24 km/s
2073-Feb-21 15:19 0.000023 AU
3401 km
8.60 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
29.75

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48902
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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