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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 NJ1

2020 NJ1

2020 NJ1 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.935 AU and a period of 0.90 yr.

Aten Observations: 54
Orbital Period · P
0.90 yr
v(q)
40.8 km/s
v(Q)
23.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
6.37
Eccentricity · e
0.2751

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.678 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.192 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.514 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.935 AU gives an orbital period of 0.90 yr, or about 330 days.

An eccentricity of 0.275 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.72° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.2 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 = 22.7 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.1 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 54 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5828 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
0.9349 AU
Eccentricity
0.2751
Perihelion
0.678 AU
Aphelion
1.192091 AU
Inclination
7.72°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
346.98°

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-Jun-25 04:04 0.481001 AU
71956721 km
22.00 km/s
2029-Jun-23 07:01 0.107640 AU
16102709 km
6.69 km/s
2030-Jan-28 05:53 0.307592 AU
46015157 km
11.53 km/s
2030-Oct-05 22:38 0.131648 AU
19694313 km
7.63 km/s
2038-Jun-12 20:46 0.127139 AU
19019668 km
10.65 km/s
2039-Feb-24 17:15 0.308769 AU
46191137 km
10.87 km/s
2039-Aug-31 21:48 0.176161 AU
26353248 km
6.52 km/s
2039-Nov-22 15:44 0.220752 AU
33024094 km
6.50 km/s
2040-Sep-21 19:12 0.426729 AU
63837730 km
19.89 km/s
2047-Jun-18 20:42 0.313101 AU
46839235 km
16.70 km/s
2048-Apr-01 05:18 0.272510 AU
40766987 km
7.52 km/s
2048-Jul-24 07:14 0.173762 AU
25994451 km
6.94 km/s
2049-Jan-01 19:28 0.284687 AU
42588538 km
10.45 km/s
2049-Oct-01 11:37 0.229343 AU
34309258 km
13.17 km/s
2057-Jun-17 00:19 0.088411 AU
13226105 km
7.13 km/s
2058-Feb-03 18:49 0.309864 AU
46355006 km
11.55 km/s
2058-Oct-03 00:43 0.136240 AU
20381260 km
6.48 km/s
2066-Jun-14 01:29 0.177507 AU
26554694 km
12.41 km/s
2067-Mar-06 06:23 0.303363 AU
45382387 km
10.23 km/s
2067-Aug-19 19:05 0.183998 AU
27525775 km
6.82 km/s
2067-Dec-07 09:39 0.244814 AU
36623599 km
8.10 km/s
2068-Sep-24 17:56 0.365109 AU
54619454 km
17.94 km/s
2075-Jun-21 08:46 0.373266 AU
55839759 km
18.64 km/s
2076-Apr-20 13:08 0.244343 AU
36553237 km
5.00 km/s
2076-Jul-12 22:12 0.155781 AU
23304468 km
6.79 km/s
2077-Jan-11 18:52 0.295191 AU
44159880 km
11.06 km/s
2077-Oct-03 22:38 0.177811 AU
26600128 km
11.14 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
22.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.58278
Condition
5
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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