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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 CZ2

2020 CZ2

2020 CZ2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.051 AU it takes 1.08 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 104
Orbital Period · P
1.08 yr
v(q)
45.4 km/s
v(Q)
18.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.19 km
TJ
5.74
Eccentricity · e
0.4199

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.61 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.492 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.882 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.051 AU gives an orbital period of 1.08 yr, or about 394 days.

The high eccentricity (0.42) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.96° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.6 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 = 21.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.19 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 104 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.656 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.051 AU
Eccentricity
0.4199
Perihelion
0.61 AU
Aphelion
1.492315 AU
Inclination
14.96°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
69.88°

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-May-15 20:29 0.440730 AU
65932205 km
24.05 km/s
2031-May-30 21:28 0.270664 AU
40490771 km
10.47 km/s
2032-Apr-16 00:11 0.448528 AU
67098760 km
11.99 km/s
2032-Aug-29 20:57 0.389491 AU
58267006 km
17.48 km/s
2033-Mar-18 23:46 0.495663 AU
74150161 km
12.87 km/s
2033-Oct-22 03:32 0.378910 AU
56684087 km
16.86 km/s
2034-Feb-18 06:15 0.419200 AU
62711433 km
11.81 km/s
2035-Jan-12 07:40 0.240753 AU
36016080 km
12.85 km/s
2044-May-17 23:07 0.395076 AU
59102575 km
22.31 km/s
2045-May-25 10:11 0.295145 AU
44153120 km
9.70 km/s
2046-Apr-12 20:00 0.461059 AU
68973455 km
12.21 km/s
2046-Sep-05 23:09 0.392193 AU
58671211 km
17.94 km/s
2047-Mar-16 09:56 0.492906 AU
73737680 km
12.86 km/s
2047-Oct-29 14:12 0.372206 AU
55681241 km
16.10 km/s
2048-Feb-14 18:40 0.400972 AU
59984598 km
11.53 km/s
2049-Jan-13 06:38 0.243871 AU
36482641 km
14.47 km/s
2058-May-20 04:10 0.367762 AU
55016472 km
21.20 km/s
2059-May-21 09:21 0.311908 AU
46660801 km
9.70 km/s
2059-Jul-01 21:34 0.321003 AU
48021336 km
9.36 km/s
2060-Apr-10 07:17 0.466978 AU
69858870 km
12.31 km/s
2060-Sep-09 05:15 0.392972 AU
58787837 km
18.14 km/s
2061-Mar-14 04:22 0.490043 AU
73309442 km
12.83 km/s
2061-Nov-02 01:09 0.367944 AU
55043680 km
15.59 km/s
2062-Feb-12 01:14 0.389950 AU
58335671 km
11.36 km/s
2063-Jan-14 18:32 0.249878 AU
37381205 km
15.28 km/s
2072-May-19 19:50 0.367160 AU
54926396 km
21.15 km/s
2073-May-21 06:43 0.310979 AU
46521800 km
9.69 km/s
2073-Jun-30 12:10 0.320068 AU
47881445 km
9.21 km/s
2074-Apr-11 03:18 0.465900 AU
69697683 km
12.29 km/s
2074-Sep-09 06:06 0.392966 AU
58786873 km
18.11 km/s
2075-Mar-15 03:10 0.489838 AU
73278649 km
12.85 km/s
2075-Nov-01 11:41 0.369617 AU
55293872 km
15.74 km/s
2076-Feb-13 10:04 0.392943 AU
58783397 km
11.40 km/s
2077-Jan-14 02:04 0.246627 AU
36894866 km
14.91 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
21.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.65597
Condition
2
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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