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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 OX

2022 OX

2022 OX is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.755 AU and a period of 0.66 yr.

Aten Observations: 28
Orbital Period · P
0.66 yr
v(q)
56.1 km/s
v(Q)
20.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.11 km
TJ
7.55
Eccentricity · e
0.4575

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.41 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.1 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.69 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.755 AU gives an orbital period of 0.66 yr, or about 240 days.

The high eccentricity (0.458) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.92° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 56.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.9 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 = 22.58 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.11 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 28 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4842 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
0.755 AU
Eccentricity
0.4575
Perihelion
0.41 AU
Aphelion
1.100413 AU
Inclination
13.92°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
111.16°

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-Sep-02 02:42 0.269737 AU
40352129 km
17.34 km/s
2030-Aug-27 19:24 0.398439 AU
59605672 km
23.34 km/s
2037-Jul-21 19:30 0.270125 AU
40410093 km
23.84 km/s
2039-Jul-15 22:55 0.080564 AU
12052241 km
18.14 km/s
2041-Jul-12 21:03 0.001325 AU
198278 km
13.01 km/s
2047-Sep-03 04:53 0.191473 AU
28643996 km
12.94 km/s
2049-Sep-01 18:49 0.271938 AU
40681281 km
18.41 km/s
2051-Aug-27 05:52 0.425210 AU
63610542 km
24.20 km/s
2058-Jul-22 00:56 0.383789 AU
57414005 km
23.77 km/s
2060-Jul-15 10:02 0.194760 AU
29135751 km
18.25 km/s
2062-Jul-13 03:00 0.012713 AU
1901862 km
13.27 km/s
2062-Nov-30 02:44 0.461369 AU
69019831 km
16.30 km/s
2064-Jul-21 02:12 0.057209 AU
8558274 km
10.35 km/s
2068-Sep-01 15:17 0.194212 AU
29053717 km
12.28 km/s
2070-Sep-02 22:59 0.248157 AU
37123763 km
17.47 km/s
2072-Aug-27 22:24 0.363364 AU
54358493 km
23.10 km/s
2079-Jul-24 05:34 0.306476 AU
45848186 km
25.26 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
22.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48416
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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