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NASA JPL SBDB · 2021 XZ

2021 XZ

2021 XZ is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.824 AU and a period of 0.75 yr.

Aten Observations: 14
Orbital Period · P
0.75 yr
v(q)
44.7 km/s
v(Q)
24.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
7.07
Eccentricity · e
0.2993

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.577 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.07 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.493 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.824 AU gives an orbital period of 0.75 yr, or about 273 days.

An eccentricity of 0.299 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.42° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.1 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 = 28.21 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 14 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7183 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
0.8237 AU
Eccentricity
0.2993
Perihelion
0.577 AU
Aphelion
1.070233 AU
Inclination
6.42°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
136.37°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
28.21

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.71828
Condition
7
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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