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2020 GZ2

2020 GZ2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.807 AU and a period of 0.72 yr.

Aten Observations: 41
Orbital Period · P
0.72 yr
v(q)
49.2 km/s
v(Q)
22.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
7.18
Eccentricity · e
0.3758

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.504 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.11 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.606 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.807 AU gives an orbital period of 0.72 yr, or about 265 days.

An eccentricity of 0.376 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 2.55° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.3 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 = 27.9 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 41 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5049 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
0.8068 AU
Eccentricity
0.3758
Perihelion
0.504 AU
Aphelion
1.109995 AU
Inclination
2.55°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
53.49°

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
2028-Apr-19 09:21 0.138921 AU
20782241 km
14.44 km/s
2033-Mar-08 20:07 0.114529 AU
17133319 km
7.66 km/s
2041-Apr-13 09:25 0.023608 AU
3531758 km
8.00 km/s
2046-Feb-05 17:31 0.040981 AU
6130659 km
10.78 km/s
2049-Apr-21 00:56 0.031021 AU
4640710 km
11.80 km/s
2054-Feb-18 01:35 0.077030 AU
11523560 km
7.72 km/s
2062-Mar-30 07:58 0.085879 AU
12847258 km
7.62 km/s
2067-Feb-06 14:01 0.053271 AU
7969209 km
12.91 km/s
2070-Apr-21 00:37 0.000030 AU
4476 km
10.59 km/s
2075-Feb-21 06:55 0.090894 AU
13597484 km
7.67 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
27.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.50491
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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