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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 BC6

2022 BC6

2022 BC6 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.187 AU it takes 1.29 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 32
Orbital Period · P
1.29 yr
v(q)
34.9 km/s
v(Q)
21.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
5.29
Eccentricity · e
0.2388

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.903 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.47 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.567 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.187 AU gives an orbital period of 1.29 yr, or about 472 days.

An eccentricity of 0.239 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.27° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.4 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 = 24.09 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 32 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4819 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
1.187 AU
Eccentricity
0.2388
Perihelion
0.903 AU
Aphelion
1.470456 AU
Inclination
13.27°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
198.45°

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
2031-Jan-20 09:28 0.196096 AU
29335504 km
15.31 km/s
2034-Aug-13 09:54 0.021012 AU
3143366 km
12.32 km/s
2075-Jan-16 21:40 0.138489 AU
20717626 km
10.53 km/s
2078-Aug-05 19:01 0.233310 AU
34902665 km
16.52 km/s
2079-Mar-15 21:34 0.422261 AU
63169409 km
8.75 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
24.09

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48194
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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