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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 PA6

2020 PA6

2020 PA6 is a small body of the Solar System moving on a 1.411 AU orbit, with an orbital period of 1.68 yr.

asteroid Observations: 16
Orbital Period · P
1.68 yr
v(q)
27.1 km/s
v(Q)
23.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
4.71
Eccentricity · e
0.0788

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.3 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.522 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.222 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.411 AU gives an orbital period of 1.68 yr, or about 612 days.

With e = 0.079, the orbit is close to circular.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.24° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 27.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.2 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 22.75 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 16 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7137 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 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
1.411 AU
Eccentricity
0.0788
Perihelion
1.3 AU
Aphelion
1.522187 AU
Inclination
11.24°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2459076.5
Mean Anomaly
119.01°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
22.75

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.71369
Condition
8
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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