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2020 RL

2020 RL is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.864 AU and a period of 0.80 yr.

Aten Observations: 28
Orbital Period · P
0.80 yr
v(q)
39.4 km/s
v(Q)
26 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.8
Eccentricity · e
0.2048

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.687 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.041 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.354 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.864 AU gives an orbital period of 0.80 yr, or about 293 days.

An eccentricity of 0.205 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.24° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26 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 = 25.1 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 28 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3651 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
0.864 AU
Eccentricity
0.2048
Perihelion
0.687 AU
Aphelion
1.040947 AU
Inclination
14.24°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
229.71°

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-Aug-23 12:06 0.073404 AU
10981014 km
9.73 km/s
2029-Jan-20 06:14 0.277546 AU
41520319 km
10.45 km/s
2032-Aug-22 19:33 0.174301 AU
26075026 km
12.41 km/s
2033-Feb-06 20:49 0.283858 AU
42464590 km
11.72 km/s
2036-Aug-24 19:34 0.300322 AU
44927579 km
15.89 km/s
2037-Feb-24 06:45 0.293602 AU
43922180 km
12.43 km/s
2040-Aug-28 06:45 0.431369 AU
64531813 km
19.61 km/s
2041-Mar-13 17:45 0.308214 AU
46108165 km
12.56 km/s
2045-Apr-03 20:25 0.328026 AU
49072033 km
11.82 km/s
2045-Oct-05 18:04 0.411114 AU
61501740 km
15.74 km/s
2049-Apr-27 04:17 0.335876 AU
50246282 km
9.81 km/s
2049-Oct-03 07:41 0.269460 AU
40310617 km
11.37 km/s
2053-Sep-19 01:38 0.136464 AU
20414715 km
8.44 km/s
2057-Sep-02 06:42 0.032815 AU
4909083 km
7.69 km/s
2061-Aug-24 15:47 0.030326 AU
4536733 km
8.89 km/s
2065-Aug-22 15:16 0.158187 AU
23664456 km
12.25 km/s
2066-Feb-06 17:09 0.280667 AU
41987170 km
11.71 km/s
2069-Aug-25 05:53 0.321485 AU
48093533 km
16.56 km/s
2070-Feb-28 04:12 0.293871 AU
43962405 km
12.52 km/s
2074-Mar-21 21:07 0.314314 AU
47020706 km
12.39 km/s
2074-Oct-04 15:05 0.473130 AU
70779188 km
18.56 km/s
2078-Apr-13 08:40 0.331830 AU
49641081 km
11.16 km/s
2078-Oct-06 06:39 0.351313 AU
52555618 km
13.83 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
25.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.36506
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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