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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 GF

2023 GF

2023 GF is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.786 AU and a period of 0.70 yr.

Aten Observations: 96
Orbital Period · P
0.70 yr
v(q)
50.5 km/s
v(Q)
22.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
7.33
Eccentricity · e
0.3864

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.483 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.09 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.607 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.786 AU gives an orbital period of 0.70 yr, or about 255 days.

An eccentricity of 0.386 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.3° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 50.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.3 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 = 24.62 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 96 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.437 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
0.7865 AU
Eccentricity
0.3864
Perihelion
0.483 AU
Aphelion
1.090404 AU
Inclination
4.3°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
329.36°

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
2027-Dec-03 13:27 0.480991 AU
71955248 km
18.30 km/s
2028-May-24 21:24 0.333540 AU
49896819 km
19.93 km/s
2030-Apr-28 08:20 0.087258 AU
13053669 km
7.45 km/s
2032-Apr-04 10:06 0.322704 AU
48275764 km
20.29 km/s
2032-Sep-24 18:09 0.482063 AU
72115592 km
17.79 km/s
2035-May-19 18:40 0.456465 AU
68286190 km
24.71 km/s
2037-Jan-21 17:16 0.340609 AU
50954346 km
8.13 km/s
2037-May-26 06:15 0.062465 AU
9344611 km
8.25 km/s
2039-Mar-30 19:56 0.153428 AU
22952534 km
15.45 km/s
2039-Sep-08 22:23 0.444468 AU
66491541 km
15.00 km/s
2043-Dec-30 19:34 0.406205 AU
60767467 km
13.34 km/s
2044-May-31 13:25 0.082331 AU
12316558 km
12.31 km/s
2046-Mar-28 06:02 0.007561 AU
1131092 km
10.70 km/s
2046-Aug-20 16:07 0.383686 AU
57398599 km
11.10 km/s
2050-Dec-14 09:09 0.453951 AU
67910120 km
16.54 km/s
2051-May-29 07:19 0.206987 AU
30964775 km
16.65 km/s
2053-Apr-06 19:11 0.026046 AU
3896462 km
7.74 km/s
2055-Apr-09 15:51 0.431084 AU
64489212 km
23.76 km/s
2055-Oct-06 16:39 0.496954 AU
74343188 km
19.22 km/s
2057-Nov-28 11:16 0.490002 AU
73303234 km
18.91 km/s
2058-May-23 18:26 0.386987 AU
57892501 km
21.38 km/s
2060-May-07 20:07 0.086750 AU
12977606 km
7.45 km/s
2062-Apr-03 02:38 0.284076 AU
42497155 km
18.70 km/s
2062-Sep-20 00:41 0.473425 AU
70823323 km
16.99 km/s
2067-Jan-12 17:43 0.369164 AU
55226189 km
10.40 km/s
2067-May-31 03:24 0.063122 AU
9442956 km
9.55 km/s
2069-Mar-28 20:34 0.077377 AU
11575385 km
13.47 km/s
2069-Sep-01 00:02 0.418594 AU
62620755 km
13.54 km/s
2074-May-30 17:32 0.112384 AU
16812447 km
14.77 km/s
2076-Mar-31 13:21 0.004940 AU
739086 km
8.51 km/s
2078-Apr-10 04:07 0.472746 AU
70721864 km
24.36 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
24.62

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.437
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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