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2020 BW13

2020 BW13 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.946 AU and a period of 0.92 yr.

Aten Observations: 42
Orbital Period · P
0.92 yr
v(q)
33.7 km/s
v(Q)
27.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.35
Eccentricity · e
0.0944

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.857 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.035 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.178 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.946 AU gives an orbital period of 0.92 yr, or about 336 days.

With e = 0.094, the orbit is close to circular.

Its inclination of 0.48° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.9 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 = 27.4 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 42 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5418 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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

Semi-Major Axis
0.946 AU
Eccentricity
0.0944
Perihelion
0.857 AU
Aphelion
1.035302 AU
Inclination
0.48°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
174.55°

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-Nov-11 23:06 0.073330 AU
10969949 km
5.66 km/s
2031-Jun-23 23:35 0.154867 AU
23167783 km
4.23 km/s
2032-Mar-02 00:59 0.191386 AU
28630893 km
9.25 km/s
2041-Nov-21 18:46 0.387299 AU
57939093 km
14.97 km/s
2042-Sep-25 15:08 0.102680 AU
15360782 km
2.18 km/s
2043-Jan-11 22:44 0.050532 AU
7559426 km
2.43 km/s
2043-Apr-10 07:11 0.093943 AU
14053620 km
1.59 km/s
2044-Feb-22 13:12 0.401740 AU
60099481 km
15.35 km/s
2053-Nov-13 04:07 0.171551 AU
25663597 km
8.61 km/s
2054-Jul-17 12:40 0.156329 AU
23386425 km
4.29 km/s
2055-Mar-04 00:31 0.099924 AU
14948441 km
6.44 km/s
2064-Nov-22 05:30 0.417934 AU
62522066 km
16.14 km/s
2065-Dec-20 05:32 0.044136 AU
6602710 km
2.35 km/s
2066-Apr-27 15:29 0.107618 AU
16099383 km
2.53 km/s
2067-Feb-21 06:32 0.373145 AU
55821658 km
14.67 km/s
2076-Nov-09 23:02 0.089970 AU
13459250 km
6.28 km/s
2077-Jun-24 23:11 0.156159 AU
23361099 km
4.26 km/s
2078-Feb-27 20:02 0.176427 AU
26393037 km
8.96 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
27.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.5418
Condition
6
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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