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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 GE3

2020 GE3

2020 GE3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.902 AU and a period of 0.86 yr.

Aten Observations: 50
Orbital Period · P
0.86 yr
v(q)
39.8 km/s
v(Q)
24.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
6.58
Eccentricity · e
0.2345

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.691 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.114 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.423 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.902 AU gives an orbital period of 0.86 yr, or about 313 days.

An eccentricity of 0.234 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.46° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.7 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 = 26.11 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 50 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5688 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
0.9024 AU
Eccentricity
0.2345
Perihelion
0.691 AU
Aphelion
1.114013 AU
Inclination
1.46°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
283.44°

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
2032-May-09 01:11 0.024751 AU
3702646 km
6.12 km/s
2038-May-08 05:41 0.034245 AU
5122913 km
5.71 km/s
2044-Apr-25 21:18 0.077588 AU
11606985 km
4.88 km/s
2050-Mar-28 18:24 0.117906 AU
17638433 km
5.23 km/s
2056-Feb-08 07:31 0.077715 AU
11626032 km
4.92 km/s
2062-Jan-26 21:39 0.155303 AU
23232960 km
11.36 km/s
2069-May-04 04:57 0.062362 AU
9329261 km
5.08 km/s
2075-Feb-12 03:38 0.088713 AU
13271338 km
4.96 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
26.11

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56884
Condition
0
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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