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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 BY9

2023 BY9

2023 BY9 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.097 AU once every 1.15 yr.

Amor Observations: 118
Orbital Period · P
1.15 yr
v(q)
30.1 km/s
v(Q)
26.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.22 km
TJ
5.4
Eccentricity · e
0.0551

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.036 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.157 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.121 AU.

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

With e = 0.055, the orbit is close to circular.

A steep inclination of 44.44° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 30.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.9 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.03 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.22 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 118 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.2868 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
0.0551
Perihelion
1.036 AU
Aphelion
1.157445 AU
Inclination
44.44°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
142.63°

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-Feb-16 19:33 0.483674 AU
72356666 km
25.16 km/s
2030-Aug-18 03:58 0.176985 AU
26476599 km
22.94 km/s
2031-Feb-21 12:46 0.341765 AU
51127365 km
22.89 km/s
2038-Feb-18 09:12 0.295848 AU
44258198 km
23.01 km/s
2038-Aug-25 02:21 0.031508 AU
4713589 km
22.58 km/s
2046-Feb-19 16:43 0.169380 AU
25338916 km
21.86 km/s
2046-Sep-01 14:35 0.254133 AU
38017686 km
24.14 km/s
2053-Aug-13 08:08 0.304622 AU
45570796 km
24.15 km/s
2054-Feb-20 18:19 0.220617 AU
33003761 km
22.08 km/s
2061-Feb-17 10:15 0.385934 AU
57734832 km
24.19 km/s
2061-Aug-20 21:17 0.061251 AU
9162979 km
22.58 km/s
2062-Feb-21 19:28 0.392854 AU
58770107 km
23.60 km/s
2069-Feb-18 20:41 0.216433 AU
32377917 km
22.38 km/s
2069-Aug-28 03:05 0.103858 AU
15536897 km
23.00 km/s
2076-Aug-08 16:35 0.441316 AU
66020000 km
25.86 km/s
2077-Feb-20 00:23 0.169046 AU
25288848 km
21.79 km/s
2077-Sep-04 12:37 0.339872 AU
50844179 km
25.26 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
21.03

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.28682
Condition
6
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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