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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 RH2

2020 RH2

2020 RH2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.295 AU it takes 1.47 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 16
Orbital Period · P
1.47 yr
v(q)
36.5 km/s
v(Q)
18.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
4.95
Eccentricity · e
0.3193

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.881 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.708 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.827 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.295 AU gives an orbital period of 1.47 yr, or about 538 days.

An eccentricity of 0.319 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.08° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.8 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 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 16 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4063 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 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
1.295 AU
Eccentricity
0.3193
Perihelion
0.881 AU
Aphelion
1.708493 AU
Inclination
8.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2459103.5
Mean Anomaly
323.8°

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
2073-Sep-10 09:40 0.023395 AU
3499847 km
10.18 km/s
2074-Mar-05 00:55 0.383928 AU
57434817 km
7.56 km/s
2076-Aug-21 00:40 0.383163 AU
57320361 km
20.28 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
27.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40632
Condition
8
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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