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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 SL5

2023 SL5

2023 SL5 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.982 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 14
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
47.2 km/s
v(Q)
19.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.09
Eccentricity · e
0.4222

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.567 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.396 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.829 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.982 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 355 days.

The high eccentricity (0.422) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 3.32° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 47.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.2 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 = 28.79 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 14 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.2408 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
0.9818 AU
Eccentricity
0.4222
Perihelion
0.567 AU
Aphelion
1.396316 AU
Inclination
3.32°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
354.47°

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-Jun-16 21:25 0.429971 AU
64322751 km
16.41 km/s
2027-Nov-10 23:59 0.401165 AU
60013383 km
10.83 km/s
2028-May-28 21:07 0.445945 AU
66712466 km
17.63 km/s
2028-Nov-23 07:18 0.410688 AU
61438044 km
11.01 km/s
2029-May-11 06:42 0.439690 AU
65776721 km
17.55 km/s
2029-Dec-06 19:25 0.389026 AU
58197452 km
10.78 km/s
2030-Apr-23 02:54 0.413856 AU
61912030 km
16.15 km/s
2030-Dec-21 17:12 0.334838 AU
50091062 km
10.07 km/s
2031-Apr-02 19:59 0.362684 AU
54256767 km
13.28 km/s
2032-Jan-09 13:16 0.235535 AU
35235585 km
8.84 km/s
2033-Jan-26 02:08 0.082512 AU
12343610 km
10.01 km/s
2034-Jan-22 20:59 0.045862 AU
6860862 km
14.94 km/s
2035-Jan-16 14:42 0.182416 AU
27289112 km
20.19 km/s
2036-Jan-10 07:06 0.352343 AU
52709707 km
25.26 km/s
2058-Oct-05 15:15 0.216406 AU
32373924 km
25.51 km/s
2059-Sep-29 14:29 0.044898 AU
6716627 km
20.85 km/s
2060-Sep-23 00:19 0.000800 AU
119609 km
16.25 km/s
2061-Sep-18 22:12 0.000590 AU
88288 km
11.83 km/s
2072-Jan-25 11:12 0.044506 AU
6658068 km
13.44 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
28.79

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.24081
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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