2020 VV
2020 VV belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.118 AU it takes 1.18 yr to circle the Sun.
Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.985 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.251 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.266 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.118 AU gives an orbital period of 1.18 yr, or about 432 days.
An eccentricity of 0.119 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 0.35° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25 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 = 27.28 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 79 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4999 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 5 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.
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
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
No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.
