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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 GA1

2020 GA1

2020 GA1 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.068 AU once every 1.10 yr.

Amor Observations: 32
Orbital Period · P
1.10 yr
v(q)
29.8 km/s
v(Q)
27.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.76
Eccentricity · e
0.035

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.031 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.105 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.074 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.068 AU gives an orbital period of 1.10 yr, or about 403 days.

With e = 0.035, the orbit is close to circular.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.97° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 29.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.8 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 24.8 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 32 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3492 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
1.068 AU
Eccentricity
0.035
Perihelion
1.031 AU
Aphelion
1.10538 AU
Inclination
11.97°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
82.14°

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
2030-May-10 09:11 0.272635 AU
40785597 km
10.07 km/s
2030-Oct-22 17:29 0.175933 AU
26319149 km
7.19 km/s
2031-Oct-04 17:09 0.382874 AU
57277174 km
14.33 km/s
2041-Apr-20 19:15 0.084560 AU
12650060 km
6.80 km/s
2041-Oct-07 05:38 0.037767 AU
5649915 km
6.52 km/s
2052-Oct-03 21:44 0.187321 AU
28022843 km
11.77 km/s
2062-Oct-09 00:41 0.034549 AU
5168500 km
6.23 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
24.8

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.34924
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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