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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 BE

2022 BE

2022 BE belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.298 AU it takes 1.48 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 34
Orbital Period · P
1.48 yr
v(q)
35.4 km/s
v(Q)
19.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
4.95
Eccentricity · e
0.2939

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.917 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.679 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.762 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.298 AU gives an orbital period of 1.48 yr, or about 540 days.

An eccentricity of 0.294 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.71° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.3 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 = 28.13 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 34 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6235 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
1.298 AU
Eccentricity
0.2939
Perihelion
0.917 AU
Aphelion
1.679482 AU
Inclination
8.71°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
12.08°

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 08:33 0.233091 AU
34869848 km
13.29 km/s
2028-Mar-22 10:17 0.443630 AU
66366110 km
6.54 km/s
2064-Sep-16 21:45 0.240372 AU
35959127 km
16.59 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
28.13

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.62347
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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