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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 OY4

2023 OY4

2023 OY4 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.023 AU it takes 1.03 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 34
Orbital Period · P
1.03 yr
v(q)
52 km/s
v(Q)
16.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.81
Eccentricity · e
0.514

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.497 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.549 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.052 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.023 AU gives an orbital period of 1.03 yr, or about 378 days.

The high eccentricity (0.514) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.81° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 52 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.7 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 = 25.27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 34 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.315 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
1.023 AU
Eccentricity
0.514
Perihelion
0.497 AU
Aphelion
1.548822 AU
Inclination
17.81°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
212.44°

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-Dec-31 18:57 0.450044 AU
67325558 km
21.19 km/s
2034-Mar-29 02:25 0.241636 AU
36148178 km
22.89 km/s
2035-Apr-09 16:40 0.336154 AU
50287992 km
28.79 km/s
2060-Jan-07 16:29 0.444635 AU
66516463 km
20.44 km/s
2061-Feb-01 00:08 0.371420 AU
55563576 km
17.03 km/s
2062-Mar-01 15:52 0.251962 AU
37693043 km
15.27 km/s
2063-Mar-21 00:25 0.237602 AU
35544699 km
19.29 km/s
2064-Apr-02 03:25 0.279164 AU
41762326 km
25.10 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
25.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.31499
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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