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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 RP

2022 RP

2022 RP belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.189 AU it takes 1.30 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 23
Orbital Period · P
1.30 yr
v(q)
31.8 km/s
v(Q)
23.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.32
Eccentricity · e
0.1512

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.009 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.369 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.36 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.189 AU gives an orbital period of 1.30 yr, or about 474 days.

An eccentricity of 0.151 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.61° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.5 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 24.8 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 23 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4845 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
1.189 AU
Eccentricity
0.1512
Perihelion
1.009 AU
Aphelion
1.368777 AU
Inclination
4.61°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
33.01°

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
2026-Nov-23 23:50 0.385007 AU
57596284 km
6.59 km/s
2031-Jan-31 05:09 0.291838 AU
43658373 km
5.80 km/s
2031-Aug-12 15:29 0.304723 AU
45585926 km
14.36 km/s
2035-Apr-19 10:45 0.132244 AU
19783360 km
9.45 km/s
2044-Aug-01 05:20 0.034389 AU
5144517 km
8.09 km/s
2048-Apr-08 20:13 0.280002 AU
41887736 km
15.80 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
24.8

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48447
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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