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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 SS20

2022 SS20

2022 SS20 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.486 AU it takes 1.81 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 75
Orbital Period · P
1.81 yr
v(q)
34.1 km/s
v(Q)
17.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
4.51
Eccentricity · e
0.3218

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.008 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.964 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.956 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.486 AU gives an orbital period of 1.81 yr, or about 662 days.

An eccentricity of 0.322 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.62° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.5 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 23.3 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 75 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4795 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 4 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
1.486 AU
Eccentricity
0.3218
Perihelion
1.008 AU
Aphelion
1.964195 AU
Inclination
4.62°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
330.85°

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-Oct-03 07:08 0.394042 AU
58947899 km
4.10 km/s
2032-Feb-04 02:48 0.320350 AU
47923630 km
13.93 km/s
2042-Oct-24 12:29 0.434462 AU
64994557 km
17.11 km/s
2043-Mar-15 05:52 0.464003 AU
69413922 km
5.54 km/s
2051-Nov-26 16:03 0.098427 AU
14724491 km
5.27 km/s
2060-Oct-20 17:57 0.320176 AU
47897611 km
1.93 km/s
2061-Jan-29 00:05 0.221587 AU
33148906 km
11.05 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
23.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47954
Condition
4
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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