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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

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2027-Dec-12 16:42 0.060549 AU
9057994 km
6.75 km/s
2028-Apr-06 13:49 0.282678 AU
42288024 km
6.48 km/s
2030-Dec-26 19:46 0.094104 AU
14077754 km
6.71 km/s
2034-Jan-11 05:23 0.112014 AU
16757009 km
6.67 km/s
2036-Sep-27 14:15 0.293975 AU
43978093 km
6.37 km/s
2037-Jan-27 00:52 0.107314 AU
16053889 km
6.75 km/s
2039-Sep-14 17:38 0.330775 AU
49483265 km
8.67 km/s
2040-Feb-07 21:45 0.103741 AU
15519397 km
7.93 km/s
2042-Sep-03 10:33 0.359179 AU
53732352 km
10.47 km/s
2043-Feb-10 09:18 0.108601 AU
16246514 km
10.02 km/s
2045-Aug-23 22:05 0.382853 AU
57274067 km
11.98 km/s
2046-Feb-09 11:56 0.141690 AU
21196589 km
12.45 km/s
2048-Aug-13 15:46 0.402932 AU
60277719 km
13.25 km/s
2049-Feb-07 03:50 0.198361 AU
29674373 km
15.04 km/s
2051-Aug-04 17:17 0.418940 AU
62672487 km
14.28 km/s
2052-Feb-05 05:28 0.267908 AU
40078395 km
17.72 km/s
2054-Jul-26 01:32 0.430456 AU
64395295 km
15.05 km/s
2055-Feb-01 22:19 0.339375 AU
50769779 km
20.40 km/s
2057-Jul-16 13:26 0.438270 AU
65564332 km
15.56 km/s
2058-Jan-29 10:32 0.413190 AU
61812289 km
23.11 km/s
2060-Jul-07 01:23 0.442933 AU
66261882 km
15.79 km/s
2063-Jun-28 21:44 0.438960 AU
65667410 km
15.76 km/s
2065-Dec-08 00:09 0.344081 AU
51473787 km
22.03 km/s
2066-Jun-19 08:48 0.429264 AU
64216960 km
15.48 km/s
2068-Dec-04 14:54 0.255589 AU
38235589 km
19.33 km/s
2071-Dec-02 11:51 0.169423 AU
25345349 km
16.70 km/s
2074-Nov-29 21:28 0.086027 AU
12869413 km
14.16 km/s
2077-Nov-27 22:30 0.010981 AU
1642701 km
11.73 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
28.21

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.71828
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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