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2021 OS

2021 OS is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.811 AU and a period of 0.73 yr.

Aten Observations: 197
Orbital Period · P
0.73 yr
v(q)
52.6 km/s
v(Q)
20.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.14 km
TJ
7.11
Eccentricity · e
0.4326

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.46 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.161 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.701 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.811 AU gives an orbital period of 0.73 yr, or about 267 days.

The high eccentricity (0.433) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 15.45° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 52.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.8 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 = 22.04 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 197 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3577 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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
0.8107 AU
Eccentricity
0.4326
Perihelion
0.46 AU
Aphelion
1.161409 AU
Inclination
15.45°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
1.03°

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-Sep-23 10:17 0.465642 AU
69659119 km
23.34 km/s
2029-Jul-20 02:03 0.110532 AU
16535326 km
16.02 km/s
2030-Jan-19 04:08 0.496048 AU
74207710 km
21.96 km/s
2032-Aug-19 08:54 0.238862 AU
35733214 km
10.28 km/s
2032-Nov-23 18:40 0.369904 AU
55336850 km
11.21 km/s
2035-Sep-30 16:54 0.336895 AU
50398804 km
17.73 km/s
2037-Jul-25 15:21 0.283282 AU
42378380 km
21.15 km/s
2040-Jul-26 19:38 0.146660 AU
21940028 km
10.48 km/s
2040-Dec-19 05:46 0.430161 AU
64351241 km
16.56 km/s
2043-Oct-04 00:58 0.264464 AU
39563259 km
12.19 km/s
2045-Aug-01 09:38 0.449086 AU
67182251 km
26.36 km/s
2048-Jul-18 12:21 0.009974 AU
1492088 km
13.08 km/s
2049-Jan-07 09:28 0.473859 AU
70888326 km
20.18 km/s
2051-May-02 02:19 0.476989 AU
71356600 km
12.38 km/s
2051-Sep-08 22:23 0.260523 AU
38973667 km
10.07 km/s
2054-Sep-25 19:15 0.420131 AU
62850641 km
21.56 km/s
2056-Jul-21 09:48 0.165308 AU
24729741 km
17.62 km/s
2059-Aug-11 23:09 0.217281 AU
32504803 km
10.29 km/s
2059-Dec-04 06:36 0.392053 AU
58650255 km
13.20 km/s
2062-Oct-02 13:05 0.303311 AU
45374671 km
15.94 km/s
2064-Jul-27 12:32 0.334772 AU
50081226 km
22.76 km/s
2067-Jul-22 23:40 0.104703 AU
15663309 km
10.93 km/s
2067-Dec-26 14:00 0.445866 AU
66700538 km
17.85 km/s
2070-Sep-30 16:04 0.259349 AU
38798007 km
10.72 km/s
2072-Aug-03 08:30 0.496874 AU
74331270 km
27.92 km/s
2075-Jul-19 13:47 0.046876 AU
7012478 km
14.26 km/s
2076-Jan-13 11:55 0.484226 AU
72439225 km
21.01 km/s
2078-May-12 22:01 0.449712 AU
67275993 km
9.65 km/s
2078-Aug-29 16:27 0.253942 AU
37989231 km
10.20 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
22.04

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.35772
Condition
0
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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