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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 QV2

2020 QV2

2020 QV2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.182 AU it takes 1.29 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 30
Orbital Period · P
1.29 yr
v(q)
33.2 km/s
v(Q)
22.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
5.25
Eccentricity · e
0.1894

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.958 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.406 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.448 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.182 AU gives an orbital period of 1.29 yr, or about 469 days.

An eccentricity of 0.189 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 25.19° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.6 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 = 23.93 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 30 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5638 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
1.182 AU
Eccentricity
0.1894
Perihelion
0.958 AU
Aphelion
1.405871 AU
Inclination
25.19°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
114.11°

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
2029-Aug-27 08:50 0.167784 AU
25100132 km
14.72 km/s
2030-Feb-12 12:20 0.174592 AU
26118618 km
12.89 km/s
2038-Aug-27 12:50 0.177306 AU
26524586 km
15.36 km/s
2039-Feb-14 02:09 0.201454 AU
30137040 km
12.92 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
23.93

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56378
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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