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2020 RS3

2020 RS3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.865 AU and a period of 0.80 yr.

Aten Observations: 65
Orbital Period · P
0.80 yr
v(q)
64.5 km/s
v(Q)
15.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
6.66
Eccentricity · e
0.6048

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.342 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.388 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.046 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.865 AU gives an orbital period of 0.80 yr, or about 294 days.

The high eccentricity (0.605) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.31° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 64.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.9 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 = 22.81 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 65 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5809 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
0.8652 AU
Eccentricity
0.6048
Perihelion
0.342 AU
Aphelion
1.388473 AU
Inclination
9.31°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
284.62°

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
2027-Jul-23 04:18 0.241961 AU
36196828 km
23.62 km/s
2028-Sep-12 04:12 0.351141 AU
52529929 km
13.81 km/s
2031-Jul-28 16:32 0.359228 AU
53739760 km
28.02 km/s
2032-Sep-02 03:09 0.379612 AU
56789172 km
13.99 km/s
2033-Sep-21 06:51 0.469266 AU
70201261 km
32.73 km/s
2035-Aug-03 17:05 0.484000 AU
72405348 km
32.48 km/s
2036-Aug-23 06:01 0.383054 AU
57304136 km
13.96 km/s
2037-Sep-27 06:41 0.336320 AU
50312802 km
28.23 km/s
2040-Aug-13 05:35 0.362818 AU
54276857 km
13.71 km/s
2041-Oct-02 18:44 0.203495 AU
30442360 km
23.80 km/s
2044-Aug-02 13:05 0.317537 AU
47502877 km
13.35 km/s
2045-Oct-07 02:49 0.082399 AU
12326736 km
19.61 km/s
2048-Jul-23 08:19 0.251291 AU
37592647 km
13.35 km/s
2049-Oct-08 17:26 0.084778 AU
12682592 km
16.08 km/s
2052-Jul-17 00:13 0.175578 AU
26266033 km
14.98 km/s
2053-Oct-04 20:51 0.188499 AU
28199037 km
13.85 km/s
2056-Jul-17 10:21 0.146989 AU
21989177 km
18.42 km/s
2057-Sep-25 13:55 0.277619 AU
41531208 km
13.48 km/s
2060-Jul-21 07:14 0.213579 AU
31950947 km
22.45 km/s
2061-Sep-15 08:39 0.338821 AU
50686909 km
13.74 km/s
2064-Jul-26 15:04 0.325797 AU
48738573 km
26.81 km/s
2065-Sep-05 06:15 0.374237 AU
55985027 km
13.96 km/s
2068-Aug-01 11:11 0.448635 AU
67114912 km
31.24 km/s
2069-Aug-26 11:37 0.384547 AU
57527452 km
13.98 km/s
2070-Sep-26 02:24 0.373971 AU
55945317 km
29.49 km/s
2073-Aug-16 11:57 0.370830 AU
55475363 km
13.78 km/s
2074-Oct-01 19:46 0.239280 AU
35795711 km
24.99 km/s
2077-Aug-06 01:29 0.332360 AU
49720283 km
13.43 km/s
2078-Oct-06 12:56 0.113066 AU
16914473 km
20.74 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
22.81

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.58089
Condition
0
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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