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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 FB

2020 FB

2020 FB belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.491 AU it takes 1.82 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 146
Orbital Period · P
1.82 yr
v(q)
34.1 km/s
v(Q)
17.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.5
Eccentricity · e
0.3219

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.011 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.971 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.96 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.491 AU gives an orbital period of 1.82 yr, or about 665 days.

An eccentricity of 0.322 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 3.11° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.5 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 146 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4038 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
1.491 AU
Eccentricity
0.3219
Perihelion
1.011 AU
Aphelion
1.970953 AU
Inclination
3.11°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
143.78°

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
2031-Feb-07 16:01 0.396134 AU
59260852 km
18.50 km/s
2051-Feb-21 01:42 0.124709 AU
18656148 km
11.44 km/s
2060-Jan-09 08:10 0.424929 AU
63568491 km
5.22 km/s
2060-May-30 03:05 0.314126 AU
46992619 km
15.79 km/s
2071-Apr-01 20:37 0.019985 AU
2989710 km
4.57 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
25.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40378
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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