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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 RC7

2022 RC7

2022 RC7 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.859 AU and a period of 0.80 yr.

Aten Observations: 48
Orbital Period · P
0.80 yr
v(q)
43.6 km/s
v(Q)
23.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
6.83
Eccentricity · e
0.2956

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.605 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.113 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.508 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.859 AU gives an orbital period of 0.80 yr, or about 291 days.

An eccentricity of 0.296 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.93° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.7 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 = 23.36 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 48 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7393 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
0.8591 AU
Eccentricity
0.2956
Perihelion
0.605 AU
Aphelion
1.11305 AU
Inclination
1.93°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
4.45°

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
2030-Oct-23 12:51 0.123531 AU
18479916 km
6.27 km/s
2034-Nov-19 03:15 0.096528 AU
14440411 km
6.07 km/s
2038-Dec-07 08:31 0.019157 AU
2865788 km
7.50 km/s
2042-Dec-08 12:45 0.068261 AU
10211631 km
9.94 km/s
2046-Dec-06 16:51 0.153103 AU
22903921 km
12.66 km/s
2065-Sep-10 12:41 0.161107 AU
24101261 km
12.82 km/s
2069-Sep-09 03:56 0.099521 AU
14888160 km
10.78 km/s
2073-Sep-08 16:40 0.048083 AU
7193123 km
8.96 km/s
2077-Sep-09 17:54 0.033108 AU
4952897 km
7.68 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
23.36

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.73931
Condition
1
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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