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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 XG5

2020 XG5

2020 XG5 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.28 AU it takes 1.45 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 35
Orbital Period · P
1.45 yr
v(q)
33.8 km/s
v(Q)
20.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.02
Eccentricity · e
0.2448

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.967 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.593 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.626 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.28 AU gives an orbital period of 1.45 yr, or about 529 days.

An eccentricity of 0.245 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.31° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.5 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 = 27.1 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 35 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3853 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
1.28 AU
Eccentricity
0.2448
Perihelion
0.967 AU
Aphelion
1.593344 AU
Inclination
4.31°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
306.68°

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-28 09:48 0.130819 AU
19570187 km
12.31 km/s
2036-Sep-03 00:20 0.152672 AU
22839459 km
12.04 km/s
2046-Jun-28 05:12 0.415811 AU
62204494 km
7.01 km/s
2047-Jan-09 16:02 0.378853 AU
56675663 km
19.01 km/s
2059-Jun-16 20:14 0.483020 AU
72258784 km
7.76 km/s
2062-Nov-19 20:31 0.022136 AU
3311486 km
4.38 km/s
2066-Mar-18 20:23 0.492922 AU
73740037 km
7.76 km/s
2072-Jun-16 04:41 0.462508 AU
69190254 km
7.73 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
27.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.38531
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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