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2020 KF6

2020 KF6 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.924 AU and a period of 0.89 yr.

Aten Observations: 27
Orbital Period · P
0.89 yr
v(q)
36.8 km/s
v(Q)
26.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
6.4
Eccentricity · e
0.1714

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.766 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.083 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.317 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.924 AU gives an orbital period of 0.89 yr, or about 325 days.

An eccentricity of 0.171 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 21.83° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.1 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 = 23.8 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 27 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4371 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
0.9242 AU
Eccentricity
0.1714
Perihelion
0.766 AU
Aphelion
1.082608 AU
Inclination
21.83°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
169.08°

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
2027-Jan-21 14:35 0.396107 AU
59256761 km
19.16 km/s
2027-Nov-12 05:20 0.240117 AU
35920967 km
13.30 km/s
2028-May-28 20:43 0.025024 AU
3743539 km
12.57 km/s
2035-Jan-17 18:54 0.340250 AU
50900676 km
18.24 km/s
2035-Nov-05 10:25 0.261864 AU
39174314 km
13.26 km/s
2036-May-27 16:00 0.053191 AU
7957215 km
13.42 km/s
2043-Jan-11 18:05 0.285715 AU
42742299 km
17.01 km/s
2044-May-25 18:47 0.115652 AU
17301298 km
14.77 km/s
2051-Jan-04 17:05 0.239015 AU
35756155 km
15.81 km/s
2051-May-17 17:55 0.340401 AU
50923192 km
12.87 km/s
2052-May-23 12:10 0.197464 AU
29540128 km
16.41 km/s
2058-Dec-28 14:05 0.205879 AU
30799030 km
14.88 km/s
2059-May-24 18:12 0.285983 AU
42782479 km
12.14 km/s
2060-May-21 04:21 0.283243 AU
42372564 km
18.11 km/s
2066-Dec-22 02:04 0.186480 AU
27897032 km
14.25 km/s
2067-May-28 11:25 0.243333 AU
36402025 km
11.54 km/s
2068-May-19 02:11 0.361762 AU
54118890 km
19.63 km/s
2074-Dec-16 13:02 0.176560 AU
26413022 km
13.86 km/s
2075-May-30 08:20 0.210010 AU
31416979 km
11.17 km/s
2076-May-17 09:03 0.427011 AU
63879926 km
20.90 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
23.8

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43715
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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