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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 UL13

2022 UL13

2022 UL13 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.309 AU it takes 1.50 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 26
Orbital Period · P
1.50 yr
v(q)
36.8 km/s
v(Q)
18.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
4.87
Eccentricity · e
0.3325

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.873 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.744 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.871 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.309 AU gives an orbital period of 1.50 yr, or about 547 days.

An eccentricity of 0.333 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 18.89° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.4 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 = 23.28 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 26 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5664 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.309 AU
Eccentricity
0.3325
Perihelion
0.873 AU
Aphelion
1.744242 AU
Inclination
18.89°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
215.55°

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
2028-Oct-03 16:00 0.236333 AU
35354874 km
11.22 km/s
2031-Oct-05 19:39 0.254441 AU
38063893 km
10.94 km/s
2034-Jun-25 22:10 0.326505 AU
48844404 km
9.81 km/s
2034-Oct-07 05:16 0.274263 AU
41029174 km
10.76 km/s
2037-Jun-06 21:00 0.301883 AU
45161006 km
10.25 km/s
2037-Oct-08 20:50 0.295976 AU
44277366 km
10.67 km/s
2040-May-25 10:26 0.271900 AU
40675656 km
10.27 km/s
2040-Oct-10 11:33 0.316711 AU
47379348 km
10.63 km/s
2043-May-19 03:17 0.241108 AU
36069312 km
10.32 km/s
2043-Oct-13 04:42 0.337526 AU
50493098 km
10.63 km/s
2046-May-14 08:36 0.210643 AU
31511757 km
10.48 km/s
2046-Oct-14 20:02 0.356645 AU
53353399 km
10.66 km/s
2049-May-11 01:45 0.182712 AU
27333266 km
10.71 km/s
2049-Oct-16 10:44 0.374964 AU
56093750 km
10.73 km/s
2052-May-08 11:51 0.157141 AU
23507997 km
10.97 km/s
2052-Oct-17 18:18 0.390372 AU
58398853 km
10.79 km/s
2055-May-07 14:34 0.136582 AU
20432339 km
11.22 km/s
2055-Oct-19 20:02 0.403486 AU
60360590 km
10.86 km/s
2058-May-06 01:47 0.119088 AU
17815240 km
11.46 km/s
2058-Oct-20 13:40 0.413603 AU
61874164 km
10.90 km/s
2061-May-05 00:37 0.107797 AU
16126140 km
11.63 km/s
2061-Oct-21 01:09 0.421270 AU
63021072 km
10.93 km/s
2064-May-04 09:21 0.102264 AU
15298542 km
11.71 km/s
2064-Oct-21 00:45 0.424156 AU
63452864 km
10.94 km/s
2067-May-05 05:44 0.103929 AU
15547595 km
11.69 km/s
2067-Oct-21 16:36 0.423589 AU
63368084 km
10.93 km/s
2070-May-05 10:19 0.110349 AU
16507947 km
11.59 km/s
2070-Oct-20 22:43 0.419127 AU
62700547 km
10.90 km/s
2073-May-06 02:46 0.123671 AU
18500859 km
11.40 km/s
2073-Oct-19 21:43 0.411753 AU
61597357 km
10.87 km/s
2076-May-07 04:42 0.141352 AU
21146032 km
11.16 km/s
2076-Oct-18 11:05 0.400529 AU
59918256 km
10.82 km/s
2079-May-09 23:53 0.165528 AU
24762637 km
10.88 km/s
2079-Oct-17 17:27 0.386067 AU
57754837 km
10.76 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
23.28

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56637
Condition
0
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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