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2022 GK

2022 GK is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.896 AU and a period of 0.85 yr.

Aten Observations: 49
Orbital Period · P
0.85 yr
v(q)
49.3 km/s
v(Q)
20.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.55
Eccentricity · e
0.4208

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.519 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.273 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.754 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.896 AU gives an orbital period of 0.85 yr, or about 310 days.

The high eccentricity (0.421) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.96° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.1 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 = 27.41 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 49 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5002 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
0.896 AU
Eccentricity
0.4208
Perihelion
0.519 AU
Aphelion
1.273037 AU
Inclination
10.96°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
61.11°

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
2028-Jan-28 03:18 0.386952 AU
57887231 km
10.60 km/s
2028-May-03 09:57 0.278238 AU
41623815 km
9.81 km/s
2028-Oct-15 21:05 0.435904 AU
65210338 km
17.28 km/s
2029-Jul-06 17:26 0.341639 AU
51108444 km
21.02 km/s
2033-Apr-04 13:19 0.140453 AU
21011432 km
17.08 km/s
2033-Dec-10 20:04 0.475943 AU
71200016 km
18.77 km/s
2034-Jun-25 00:48 0.277556 AU
41521767 km
8.64 km/s
2034-Aug-22 04:17 0.293771 AU
43947450 km
8.81 km/s
2039-Apr-13 06:43 0.187485 AU
28047380 km
9.46 km/s
2039-Nov-03 08:09 0.463015 AU
69266089 km
19.10 km/s
2040-Jul-13 23:02 0.221584 AU
33148432 km
16.08 km/s
2044-Apr-10 18:42 0.301163 AU
45053344 km
22.11 km/s
2044-Dec-29 04:54 0.452723 AU
67726392 km
16.35 km/s
2045-May-29 23:30 0.311540 AU
46605696 km
9.68 km/s
2045-Sep-20 14:01 0.372019 AU
55653272 km
13.39 km/s
2050-Apr-01 03:25 0.042015 AU
6285352 km
11.40 km/s
2050-Nov-19 10:07 0.477548 AU
71440125 km
19.74 km/s
2051-Jul-21 01:31 0.187595 AU
28063872 km
11.51 km/s
2055-Apr-17 10:35 0.437232 AU
65408917 km
26.35 km/s
2056-Jan-16 15:25 0.414541 AU
62014523 km
13.04 km/s
2056-May-12 13:14 0.297039 AU
44436385 km
9.90 km/s
2056-Oct-07 11:20 0.416228 AU
62266829 km
16.11 km/s
2057-Jul-03 08:27 0.398487 AU
59612767 km
23.29 km/s
2061-Apr-02 01:39 0.049357 AU
7383744 km
14.53 km/s
2061-Dec-01 16:47 0.479831 AU
71781745 km
19.44 km/s
2062-Jul-19 09:55 0.230997 AU
34556593 km
8.11 km/s
2067-Apr-25 06:04 0.247626 AU
37044375 km
9.64 km/s
2067-Oct-24 17:24 0.449866 AU
67299060 km
18.23 km/s
2068-Jul-09 23:30 0.285827 AU
42759060 km
18.83 km/s
2072-Apr-07 05:03 0.222084 AU
33223349 km
19.32 km/s
2072-Dec-18 23:03 0.468652 AU
70109329 km
17.86 km/s
2073-Jun-11 23:28 0.302306 AU
45224383 km
9.25 km/s
2073-Sep-06 18:11 0.339144 AU
50735266 km
11.10 km/s
2078-Apr-05 09:30 0.133141 AU
19917576 km
9.80 km/s
2078-Nov-10 13:40 0.472506 AU
70685930 km
19.52 km/s
2079-Jul-17 21:06 0.194999 AU
29171363 km
14.05 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
27.41

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.50025
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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