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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 TG

2023 TG

2023 TG belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.359 AU it takes 1.58 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 51
Orbital Period · P
1.58 yr
v(q)
35.4 km/s
v(Q)
18.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
4.79
Eccentricity · e
0.3153

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.931 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.787 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.856 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.359 AU gives an orbital period of 1.58 yr, or about 579 days.

An eccentricity of 0.315 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.55° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.4 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 = 28.19 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 51 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5759 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
1.359 AU
Eccentricity
0.3153
Perihelion
0.931 AU
Aphelion
1.787493 AU
Inclination
5.55°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
223.91°

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
2031-Sep-01 21:15 0.443725 AU
66380363 km
20.81 km/s
2035-Jan-26 04:02 0.295226 AU
44165124 km
16.50 km/s
2050-Sep-09 01:19 0.274145 AU
41011534 km
16.93 km/s
2054-Feb-02 18:32 0.433032 AU
64780592 km
21.09 km/s
2062-Jan-04 02:35 0.094512 AU
14138853 km
7.48 km/s
2069-Sep-22 19:04 0.108314 AU
16203552 km
10.57 km/s
2070-Feb-19 22:45 0.377933 AU
56537939 km
5.58 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
28.19

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.5759
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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