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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 TR7

2020 TR7

2020 TR7 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.048 AU it takes 1.07 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 22
Orbital Period · P
1.07 yr
v(q)
37.6 km/s
v(Q)
22.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
5.8
Eccentricity · e
0.252

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.784 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.312 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.528 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.048 AU gives an orbital period of 1.07 yr, or about 392 days.

An eccentricity of 0.252 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.08° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.5 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 = 23.12 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 22 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7567 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
1.048 AU
Eccentricity
0.252
Perihelion
0.784 AU
Aphelion
1.312096 AU
Inclination
16.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
298.84°

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
2033-Dec-15 04:28 0.374124 AU
55968154 km
15.29 km/s
2034-Nov-08 15:42 0.295405 AU
44191941 km
9.07 km/s
2035-Feb-26 18:19 0.223083 AU
33372675 km
11.72 km/s
2035-Sep-29 07:35 0.309805 AU
46346120 km
10.24 km/s
2036-May-03 15:24 0.246670 AU
36901242 km
11.36 km/s
2036-Aug-19 07:07 0.288288 AU
43127223 km
9.09 km/s
2037-Jul-19 18:35 0.381684 AU
57099067 km
15.18 km/s
2048-Dec-20 05:08 0.327385 AU
48976070 km
13.01 km/s
2049-Oct-31 06:58 0.299671 AU
44830168 km
9.46 km/s
2050-Mar-09 11:59 0.215681 AU
32265456 km
12.00 km/s
2050-Sep-23 07:36 0.308087 AU
46089143 km
10.19 km/s
2051-May-16 21:38 0.260311 AU
38941952 km
10.74 km/s
2051-Aug-11 03:57 0.284062 AU
42495106 km
8.72 km/s
2052-Jul-22 14:14 0.429326 AU
64226209 km
17.14 km/s
2063-Dec-29 10:02 0.292851 AU
43809861 km
11.01 km/s
2064-Oct-23 22:34 0.304097 AU
45492337 km
9.75 km/s
2065-Mar-20 03:30 0.213092 AU
31878158 km
12.17 km/s
2065-Sep-17 00:04 0.306337 AU
45827394 km
10.09 km/s
2066-Jun-03 04:41 0.274951 AU
41132135 km
9.70 km/s
2066-Jul-28 14:45 0.281494 AU
42110833 km
8.29 km/s
2067-Jul-27 01:29 0.491522 AU
73530571 km
19.50 km/s
2079-Jan-19 04:48 0.264790 AU
39612072 km
10.36 km/s
2079-Oct-16 21:01 0.307344 AU
45978024 km
10.01 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
23.12

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.75666
Condition
2
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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