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2022 FT

2022 FT is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.912 AU and a period of 0.87 yr.

Aten Observations: 48
Orbital Period · P
0.87 yr
v(q)
44.6 km/s
v(Q)
21.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.48
Eccentricity · e
0.3428

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.599 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.225 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.626 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.912 AU gives an orbital period of 0.87 yr, or about 318 days.

An eccentricity of 0.343 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.08° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.8 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 = 25.19 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 48 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4468 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
0.912 AU
Eccentricity
0.3428
Perihelion
0.599 AU
Aphelion
1.224634 AU
Inclination
10.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
38.65°

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
2029-Apr-07 06:12 0.190824 AU
28546818 km
8.15 km/s
2029-Oct-13 18:55 0.376072 AU
56259513 km
14.34 km/s
2030-Jul-03 16:51 0.253991 AU
37996534 km
15.68 km/s
2035-Mar-27 23:11 0.344034 AU
51466730 km
20.73 km/s
2035-Dec-25 03:13 0.370796 AU
55470342 km
11.54 km/s
2036-May-08 06:56 0.258824 AU
38719514 km
8.32 km/s
2036-Sep-16 10:49 0.325059 AU
48628150 km
11.75 km/s
2037-Jun-24 00:08 0.422933 AU
63269850 km
21.75 km/s
2042-Mar-20 00:50 0.138454 AU
20712393 km
14.53 km/s
2042-Nov-27 09:29 0.400463 AU
59908409 km
14.51 km/s
2043-Jun-18 13:24 0.235625 AU
35249071 km
6.87 km/s
2043-Aug-10 03:34 0.236745 AU
35416568 km
7.61 km/s
2049-Mar-17 23:22 0.051973 AU
7775057 km
9.43 km/s
2049-Nov-04 02:42 0.398547 AU
59621810 km
15.20 km/s
2050-Jul-12 03:45 0.171976 AU
25727291 km
10.57 km/s
2056-Apr-12 07:29 0.208216 AU
31148646 km
8.24 km/s
2056-Oct-09 07:23 0.370172 AU
55376902 km
14.01 km/s
2057-Jul-01 20:42 0.282613 AU
42278351 km
16.74 km/s
2062-Mar-26 06:04 0.307370 AU
45981910 km
19.64 km/s
2062-Dec-19 17:24 0.378176 AU
56574387 km
12.26 km/s
2063-May-14 13:21 0.261763 AU
39159150 km
8.23 km/s
2063-Sep-12 02:32 0.315014 AU
47125373 km
11.18 km/s
2064-Jun-22 07:43 0.455639 AU
68162667 km
22.71 km/s
2069-Mar-19 00:19 0.109287 AU
16349037 km
13.76 km/s
2069-Nov-24 04:03 0.401200 AU
60018635 km
14.69 km/s
2070-Jun-26 07:26 0.230415 AU
34469662 km
6.51 km/s
2070-Aug-04 06:50 0.229340 AU
34308783 km
7.24 km/s
2076-Mar-17 01:36 0.032953 AU
4929748 km
9.86 km/s
2076-Nov-06 09:06 0.400355 AU
59892182 km
15.22 km/s
2077-Jul-13 07:32 0.170864 AU
25560920 km
9.84 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
25.19

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44682
Condition
5
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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