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NASA JPL SBDB · 2021 GD5

2021 GD5

2021 GD5 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.99 AU and a period of 0.99 yr.

Aten Observations: 62
Orbital Period · P
0.99 yr
v(q)
37.5 km/s
v(Q)
23.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.94
Eccentricity · e
0.221

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.771 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.209 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.438 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.99 AU gives an orbital period of 0.99 yr, or about 360 days.

An eccentricity of 0.221 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 36.73° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.9 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 = 27.2 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 62 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.333 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
0.9904 AU
Eccentricity
0.221
Perihelion
0.771 AU
Aphelion
1.209278 AU
Inclination
36.73°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
169.74°

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
2027-Apr-03 07:37 0.447009 AU
66871581 km
19.76 km/s
2027-Oct-20 13:20 0.159096 AU
23800469 km
19.88 km/s
2028-Oct-14 13:38 0.111288 AU
16648403 km
20.13 km/s
2029-Oct-09 18:13 0.112462 AU
16824065 km
20.68 km/s
2030-Oct-05 00:48 0.107545 AU
16088558 km
21.52 km/s
2031-Sep-30 08:23 0.139749 AU
20906161 km
22.63 km/s
2032-Sep-24 17:50 0.198881 AU
29752245 km
23.97 km/s
2033-Sep-20 05:05 0.267586 AU
40030342 km
25.49 km/s
2034-Sep-15 17:37 0.340161 AU
50887428 km
27.16 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
27.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.33298
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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