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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 RS9

2020 RS9

2020 RS9 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.973 AU and a period of 0.96 yr.

Aten Observations: 16
Orbital Period · P
0.96 yr
v(q)
42.9 km/s
v(Q)
21.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
6.11
Eccentricity · e
0.3378

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.644 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.302 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.658 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.973 AU gives an orbital period of 0.96 yr, or about 351 days.

An eccentricity of 0.338 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 20.55° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.2 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 = 23.9 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 16 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7772 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
0.9732 AU
Eccentricity
0.3378
Perihelion
0.644 AU
Aphelion
1.301947 AU
Inclination
20.55°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
110.53°

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
2042-Sep-01 04:35 0.278894 AU
41721920 km
22.20 km/s
2043-Aug-26 09:11 0.101117 AU
15126902 km
16.10 km/s
2044-Aug-28 00:45 0.121394 AU
18160354 km
12.17 km/s
2045-Sep-13 20:32 0.260888 AU
39028361 km
11.59 km/s
2050-Jan-04 12:07 0.291473 AU
43603701 km
18.88 km/s
2066-Sep-01 19:21 0.225989 AU
33807495 km
22.67 km/s
2067-Aug-26 17:24 0.100485 AU
15032270 km
16.53 km/s
2068-Aug-27 07:05 0.111906 AU
16740940 km
12.36 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
23.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.77723
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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