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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 DO4

2022 DO4

2022 DO4 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.044 AU it takes 1.07 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 32
Orbital Period · P
1.07 yr
v(q)
37.9 km/s
v(Q)
22.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.82
Eccentricity · e
0.257

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.776 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.312 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.536 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.044 AU gives an orbital period of 1.07 yr, or about 390 days.

An eccentricity of 0.257 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.34° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.4 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 = 27.16 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 32 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4301 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.044 AU
Eccentricity
0.257
Perihelion
0.776 AU
Aphelion
1.312308 AU
Inclination
14.34°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
293.18°

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
2037-Feb-16 12:35 0.404874 AU
60568310 km
22.40 km/s
2038-Mar-05 02:08 0.007757 AU
1160468 km
11.33 km/s
2039-Jan-29 23:02 0.340520 AU
50941024 km
8.00 km/s
2039-May-26 04:45 0.320388 AU
47929390 km
8.33 km/s
2039-Nov-29 19:11 0.425152 AU
63601845 km
7.65 km/s
2040-Aug-29 03:17 0.148706 AU
22246113 km
8.49 km/s
2041-Sep-25 19:18 0.204962 AU
30661863 km
16.73 km/s
2054-Feb-19 18:01 0.182213 AU
27258730 km
20.37 km/s
2055-Mar-06 22:48 0.007173 AU
1073111 km
10.22 km/s
2058-Sep-29 07:25 0.195785 AU
29289003 km
18.63 km/s
2071-Feb-25 02:56 0.022649 AU
3388303 km
16.88 km/s
2072-Mar-07 18:09 0.004488 AU
671466 km
8.07 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
27.16

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43008
Condition
6
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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