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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 LF

2022 LF

2022 LF belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.082 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 97
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
31.9 km/s
v(Q)
25.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
5.71
Eccentricity · e
0.1068

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.966 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.198 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.232 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.082 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 411 days.

An eccentricity of 0.107 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.14° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.7 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 = 23.13 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 97 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4564 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.082 AU
Eccentricity
0.1068
Perihelion
0.966 AU
Aphelion
1.197558 AU
Inclination
7.14°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
79.1°

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-Jul-30 15:14 0.082437 AU
12332376 km
4.77 km/s
2032-Jan-13 16:52 0.138638 AU
20739885 km
3.74 km/s
2040-Aug-02 17:41 0.133568 AU
19981468 km
6.55 km/s
2041-Feb-21 16:38 0.196709 AU
29427322 km
3.50 km/s
2049-Aug-01 07:22 0.257964 AU
38590805 km
10.17 km/s
2050-Apr-06 07:26 0.229149 AU
34280269 km
3.84 km/s
2051-Jan-05 21:15 0.400615 AU
59931212 km
15.00 km/s
2058-Jul-27 10:00 0.403606 AU
60378528 km
14.40 km/s
2059-May-13 15:53 0.213655 AU
31962267 km
4.30 km/s
2059-Dec-31 00:10 0.245295 AU
36695620 km
10.54 km/s
2068-Jun-13 08:38 0.166510 AU
24909602 km
4.29 km/s
2068-Dec-25 08:42 0.106889 AU
15990300 km
6.80 km/s
2077-Jun-29 13:08 0.133971 AU
20041721 km
4.16 km/s
2077-Dec-23 20:23 0.044398 AU
6641863 km
5.23 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
23.13

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45642
Condition
0
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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