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NASA JPL SBDB · 2023 VF3

2023 VF3

2023 VF3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.826 AU and a period of 0.75 yr.

Aten Observations: 19
Orbital Period · P
0.75 yr
v(q)
47 km/s
v(Q)
22.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
7.05
Eccentricity · e
0.3442

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.541 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.11 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.569 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.826 AU gives an orbital period of 0.75 yr, or about 274 days.

An eccentricity of 0.344 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.58° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 47 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.9 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 = 26.38 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 19 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6105 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
0.8257 AU
Eccentricity
0.3442
Perihelion
0.541 AU
Aphelion
1.109906 AU
Inclination
5.58°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
44.62°

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
2026-Nov-11 08:45 0.021617 AU
3233783 km
8.84 km/s
2029-Jun-05 06:48 0.365832 AU
54727630 km
11.26 km/s
2029-Nov-11 01:40 0.021623 AU
3234786 km
8.82 km/s
2032-Nov-11 03:06 0.021664 AU
3240859 km
8.97 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
26.38

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.61054
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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