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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 UD7

2022 UD7

2022 UD7 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.068 AU it takes 1.10 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 48
Orbital Period · P
1.10 yr
v(q)
45.9 km/s
v(Q)
18.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
5.67
Eccentricity · e
0.435

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.604 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.533 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.929 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.068 AU gives an orbital period of 1.10 yr, or about 403 days.

The high eccentricity (0.435) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.33° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.1 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 = 25.88 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 48 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4076 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
1.068 AU
Eccentricity
0.435
Perihelion
0.604 AU
Aphelion
1.53258 AU
Inclination
13.33°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
44.74°

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
2032-Oct-09 13:25 0.335567 AU
50200077 km
24.29 km/s
2033-Oct-16 09:59 0.299285 AU
44772347 km
9.38 km/s
2033-Dec-05 05:14 0.315268 AU
47163395 km
9.16 km/s
2035-Mar-11 16:16 0.369459 AU
55270220 km
14.85 km/s
2035-Jun-28 16:31 0.477596 AU
71447352 km
9.38 km/s
2036-May-29 02:43 0.166114 AU
24850302 km
18.43 km/s
2043-Oct-23 00:00 0.006737 AU
1007778 km
15.59 km/s
2044-Sep-16 16:06 0.465378 AU
69619546 km
10.85 km/s
2045-Jan-22 21:06 0.411349 AU
61536919 km
15.26 km/s
2046-Apr-20 06:36 0.243037 AU
36357891 km
11.38 km/s
2047-Jun-11 02:33 0.350701 AU
52464119 km
24.85 km/s
2053-Oct-02 19:55 0.423394 AU
63338774 km
28.75 km/s
2054-Oct-27 23:49 0.064447 AU
9641106 km
11.17 km/s
2056-Feb-14 06:01 0.409733 AU
61295133 km
16.04 km/s
2057-May-14 11:43 0.130439 AU
19513366 km
12.73 km/s
2064-Oct-10 08:58 0.219842 AU
32887861 km
23.69 km/s
2068-May-26 12:35 0.117580 AU
17589715 km
17.07 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
25.88

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40756
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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