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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 GA2

2023 GA2

2023 GA2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.814 AU and a period of 0.73 yr.

Aten Observations: 140
Orbital Period · P
0.73 yr
v(q)
67.9 km/s
v(Q)
16 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.07 km
TJ
6.98
Eccentricity · e
0.6179

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.311 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.317 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.006 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.814 AU gives an orbital period of 0.73 yr, or about 268 days.

The high eccentricity (0.618) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 19.82° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 67.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16 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 = 23.39 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.07 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 140 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5289 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
0.814 AU
Eccentricity
0.6179
Perihelion
0.311 AU
Aphelion
1.316971 AU
Inclination
19.82°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
185.06°

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-May-24 04:06 0.372925 AU
55788774 km
14.92 km/s
2031-Apr-30 11:28 0.398137 AU
59560402 km
32.02 km/s
2032-Jun-21 05:18 0.321558 AU
48104325 km
15.37 km/s
2034-Apr-17 14:59 0.059585 AU
8913743 km
21.37 km/s
2035-Jun-19 15:16 0.371836 AU
55625905 km
24.76 km/s
2037-Apr-21 21:43 0.188912 AU
28260873 km
15.20 km/s
2040-May-15 15:29 0.354902 AU
53092570 km
15.02 km/s
2043-Jun-13 04:37 0.340783 AU
50980424 km
14.63 km/s
2045-Apr-20 22:33 0.140332 AU
20993334 km
24.80 km/s
2046-Jun-23 06:00 0.322980 AU
48317182 km
21.14 km/s
2048-Apr-16 14:56 0.075831 AU
11344150 km
16.25 km/s
2051-May-08 03:02 0.310811 AU
46496710 km
15.02 km/s
2054-Jun-03 11:54 0.362546 AU
54236055 km
14.73 km/s
2056-Apr-24 20:21 0.233706 AU
34961946 km
28.18 km/s
2057-Jun-24 19:11 0.318225 AU
47605771 km
17.99 km/s
2059-Apr-16 04:42 0.030199 AU
4517695 km
18.29 km/s
2060-Jun-14 04:37 0.417887 AU
62515058 km
28.64 km/s
2062-Apr-30 12:25 0.254011 AU
37999470 km
14.97 km/s
2065-May-26 03:01 0.374844 AU
56075912 km
14.89 km/s
2067-Apr-29 16:40 0.328700 AU
49172768 km
31.28 km/s
2068-Jun-22 16:55 0.316227 AU
47306849 km
15.77 km/s
2070-Apr-17 05:07 0.030822 AU
4610878 km
20.66 km/s
2071-Jun-18 20:20 0.367114 AU
54919479 km
25.63 km/s
2073-Apr-23 19:32 0.190955 AU
28566507 km
15.07 km/s
2076-May-18 07:52 0.360219 AU
53887932 km
14.99 km/s
2078-May-03 19:48 0.439923 AU
65811542 km
34.49 km/s
2079-Jun-16 16:33 0.332983 AU
49813505 km
14.71 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
23.39

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52891
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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