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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 PY2

2020 PY2

2020 PY2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.066 AU it takes 1.10 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 88
Orbital Period · P
1.10 yr
v(q)
53.2 km/s
v(Q)
15.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
5.64
Eccentricity · e
0.5462

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.484 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.648 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.164 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.066 AU gives an orbital period of 1.10 yr, or about 402 days.

The high eccentricity (0.546) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 4.49° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.6 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 = 26.5 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 88 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4261 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
1.066 AU
Eccentricity
0.5462
Perihelion
0.484 AU
Aphelion
1.648249 AU
Inclination
4.49°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
43.16°

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
2031-Aug-22 20:37 0.001284 AU
192027 km
15.79 km/s
2032-Nov-14 19:08 0.460471 AU
68885504 km
19.80 km/s
2034-Jan-14 17:32 0.469260 AU
70200268 km
20.79 km/s
2035-Apr-11 08:32 0.072314 AU
10817991 km
14.58 km/s
2041-Jul-31 10:50 0.462127 AU
69133215 km
31.33 km/s
2042-Aug-25 00:25 0.113104 AU
16920136 km
13.30 km/s
2043-Nov-24 18:02 0.486272 AU
72745229 km
21.27 km/s
2045-Jan-23 22:31 0.456116 AU
68233953 km
19.15 km/s
2045-May-12 06:56 0.494033 AU
73906331 km
12.06 km/s
2046-Apr-14 09:14 0.066014 AU
9875495 km
17.20 km/s
2052-Aug-04 08:27 0.348376 AU
52116341 km
28.58 km/s
2053-Aug-24 12:53 0.166970 AU
24978303 km
11.10 km/s
2054-Dec-04 01:11 0.494508 AU
73977392 km
22.35 km/s
2056-Feb-05 00:28 0.406357 AU
60790136 km
16.79 km/s
2056-May-05 01:47 0.409963 AU
61329645 km
11.44 km/s
2057-Apr-18 07:10 0.078369 AU
11723879 km
20.17 km/s
2063-Aug-10 09:10 0.186366 AU
27879999 km
25.09 km/s
2064-Aug-15 00:13 0.243329 AU
36401558 km
10.46 km/s
2068-Apr-23 17:30 0.139047 AU
20801095 km
24.04 km/s
2074-Aug-15 11:58 0.017966 AU
2687642 km
21.42 km/s
2079-Apr-29 14:55 0.217619 AU
32555266 km
27.49 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
26.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.42608
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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