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2022 SW20

2022 SW20 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.692 AU and a period of 0.58 yr.

Aten Observations: 14
Orbital Period · P
0.58 yr
v(q)
68.2 km/s
v(Q)
18.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
8.1
Eccentricity · e
0.5679

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.299 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.085 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.786 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.692 AU gives an orbital period of 0.58 yr, or about 210 days.

The high eccentricity (0.568) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 15.19° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 68.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.8 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 = 26.48 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 14 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3787 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
0.6917 AU
Eccentricity
0.5679
Perihelion
0.299 AU
Aphelion
1.084516 AU
Inclination
15.19°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
284.75°

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
2029-Oct-31 20:25 0.195791 AU
29289886 km
16.75 km/s
2030-Sep-26 07:54 0.235451 AU
35223012 km
23.12 km/s
2033-Oct-25 18:35 0.152630 AU
22833136 km
13.38 km/s
2034-Oct-01 20:05 0.364252 AU
54491348 km
28.22 km/s
2037-Oct-10 21:56 0.112947 AU
16896654 km
12.55 km/s
2041-Sep-26 23:03 0.011743 AU
1756741 km
13.20 km/s
2044-Oct-27 01:50 0.314035 AU
46979010 km
24.34 km/s
2045-Sep-21 21:56 0.004327 AU
647273 km
16.02 km/s
2048-Oct-31 05:07 0.211171 AU
31590757 km
19.23 km/s
2049-Sep-23 21:07 0.122652 AU
18348492 km
20.57 km/s
2052-Oct-30 04:31 0.161012 AU
24087077 km
14.73 km/s
2053-Sep-28 20:29 0.278262 AU
41627354 km
25.68 km/s
2056-Oct-18 08:26 0.137452 AU
20562464 km
12.70 km/s
2057-Oct-04 22:10 0.433909 AU
64911788 km
31.01 km/s
2060-Oct-02 08:26 0.071889 AU
10754402 km
12.67 km/s
2063-Oct-25 15:48 0.398289 AU
59583156 km
26.57 km/s
2064-Sep-22 18:06 0.001837 AU
274760 km
14.62 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
26.48

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.37874
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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