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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 UU5

2020 UU5

2020 UU5 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.135 AU it takes 1.21 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 15
Orbital Period · P
1.21 yr
v(q)
31.6 km/s
v(Q)
24.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.48
Eccentricity · e
0.1221

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.997 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.274 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.277 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.135 AU gives an orbital period of 1.21 yr, or about 442 days.

An eccentricity of 0.122 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.18° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.7 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 = 27.3 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 15 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3315 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
1.135 AU
Eccentricity
0.1221
Perihelion
0.997 AU
Aphelion
1.273584 AU
Inclination
16.18°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
257.96°

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
2032-Mar-30 00:05 0.286371 AU
42840524 km
8.87 km/s
2049-Oct-29 08:06 0.011767 AU
1760333 km
11.41 km/s
2055-Nov-11 13:59 0.299926 AU
44868291 km
18.21 km/s
2072-Oct-22 00:38 0.010617 AU
1588234 km
9.17 km/s
2078-Apr-18 18:48 0.248537 AU
37180566 km
8.99 km/s
2078-Nov-08 02:14 0.269673 AU
40342560 km
16.21 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
27.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.3315
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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