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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 TT5

2020 TT5

2020 TT5 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.175 AU it takes 1.27 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 26
Orbital Period · P
1.27 yr
v(q)
32.1 km/s
v(Q)
23.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.36
Eccentricity · e
0.1553

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.993 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.357 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.364 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.175 AU gives an orbital period of 1.27 yr, or about 465 days.

An eccentricity of 0.155 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.05° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.5 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 = 27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 26 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5877 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
1.175 AU
Eccentricity
0.1553
Perihelion
0.993 AU
Aphelion
1.357478 AU
Inclination
8.05°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
131.2°

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
2030-Apr-08 09:42 0.310391 AU
46433875 km
6.64 km/s
2039-May-26 02:53 0.357347 AU
53458393 km
6.65 km/s
2043-Sep-23 05:16 0.298195 AU
44609336 km
13.05 km/s
2044-Mar-20 05:20 0.273380 AU
40897038 km
5.94 km/s
2048-Jul-25 16:03 0.276048 AU
41296181 km
3.57 km/s
2048-Dec-16 15:13 0.249299 AU
37294607 km
10.01 km/s
2053-May-04 16:17 0.349402 AU
52269811 km
6.96 km/s
2057-Oct-08 09:21 0.118731 AU
17761885 km
7.28 km/s
2058-Feb-14 03:58 0.219694 AU
32865742 km
3.72 km/s
2062-Jun-22 14:16 0.336526 AU
50343628 km
5.51 km/s
2063-Jan-03 13:19 0.467950 AU
70004280 km
15.98 km/s
2067-Apr-18 01:21 0.329625 AU
49311140 km
6.85 km/s
2071-Oct-26 05:10 0.006269 AU
937882 km
4.74 km/s
2076-May-22 03:01 0.359061 AU
53714711 km
6.77 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
27.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.58774
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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