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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 TH3

2022 TH3

2022 TH3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.097 AU it takes 1.15 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 68
Orbital Period · P
1.15 yr
v(q)
42.7 km/s
v(Q)
18.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
5.57
Eccentricity · e
0.3856

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.674 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.52 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.846 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.097 AU gives an orbital period of 1.15 yr, or about 420 days.

An eccentricity of 0.386 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 12.2° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.9 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 = 22.78 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.1 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 68 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6538 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
1.097 AU
Eccentricity
0.3856
Perihelion
0.674 AU
Aphelion
1.520003 AU
Inclination
12.2°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
331.76°

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-29 20:44 0.338428 AU
50628130 km
9.19 km/s
2031-Jan-25 04:13 0.331909 AU
49652894 km
10.69 km/s
2032-Jun-07 15:12 0.135413 AU
20257436 km
14.98 km/s
2037-Nov-07 18:45 0.289505 AU
43309302 km
21.08 km/s
2038-Oct-05 10:30 0.474835 AU
71034325 km
10.41 km/s
2039-Mar-08 13:49 0.348322 AU
52108242 km
13.14 km/s
2040-Jun-22 12:59 0.354641 AU
53053521 km
22.23 km/s
2045-Nov-17 23:33 0.053459 AU
7997308 km
13.60 km/s
2047-Apr-17 10:34 0.271565 AU
40625560 km
11.34 km/s
2053-Nov-16 10:16 0.211251 AU
31602758 km
8.71 km/s
2055-May-26 13:40 0.129957 AU
19441252 km
11.24 km/s
2060-Oct-30 07:05 0.474841 AU
71035248 km
26.74 km/s
2061-Oct-22 12:10 0.379374 AU
56753598 km
9.58 km/s
2062-Feb-06 07:34 0.346989 AU
51908836 km
11.89 km/s
2063-Jun-12 13:02 0.176686 AU
26431784 km
16.65 km/s
2068-Nov-09 07:15 0.247861 AU
37079459 km
19.91 km/s
2069-Oct-02 14:26 0.486223 AU
72737956 km
10.51 km/s
2070-Mar-13 16:35 0.342542 AU
51243568 km
13.08 km/s
2070-Jul-23 06:02 0.486397 AU
72763901 km
8.89 km/s
2071-Jun-25 01:04 0.381293 AU
57040685 km
23.09 km/s
2076-Nov-17 22:10 0.052609 AU
7870159 km
13.53 km/s
2078-Apr-16 18:56 0.272987 AU
40838235 km
11.39 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
22.78

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.65382
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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