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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 BU2

2024 BU2

2024 BU2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.776 AU and a period of 0.68 yr.

Aten Observations: 44
Orbital Period · P
0.68 yr
v(q)
49.5 km/s
v(Q)
23.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
7.42
Eccentricity · e
0.363

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.494 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.058 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.564 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.776 AU gives an orbital period of 0.68 yr, or about 250 days.

An eccentricity of 0.363 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.84° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.1 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 = 23.18 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 44 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4837 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
0.7761 AU
Eccentricity
0.363
Perihelion
0.494 AU
Aphelion
1.057824 AU
Inclination
6.84°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
321.54°

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
2028-Jan-20 00:19 0.467279 AU
69903873 km
25.26 km/s
2033-Mar-01 01:01 0.395850 AU
59218365 km
22.80 km/s
2034-Oct-16 04:23 0.403283 AU
60330325 km
12.08 km/s
2035-Mar-10 23:22 0.136659 AU
20443886 km
12.74 km/s
2039-Jan-07 05:20 0.074334 AU
11120248 km
13.72 km/s
2039-Jun-04 20:35 0.402928 AU
60277108 km
12.90 km/s
2041-Jan-17 09:39 0.367901 AU
55037263 km
23.73 km/s
2041-Jul-08 10:18 0.487872 AU
72984599 km
18.34 km/s
2046-Feb-27 14:00 0.403360 AU
60341735 km
24.26 km/s
2048-Mar-09 10:45 0.144578 AU
21628619 km
14.18 km/s
2052-Jan-06 16:14 0.030663 AU
4587173 km
12.38 km/s
2054-Jan-16 01:08 0.324510 AU
48545940 km
22.42 km/s
2054-Jul-04 14:57 0.479241 AU
71693492 km
17.81 km/s
2060-Oct-05 18:12 0.434557 AU
65008831 km
14.10 km/s
2061-Mar-08 20:55 0.188897 AU
28258633 km
15.30 km/s
2065-Jan-05 14:58 0.044791 AU
6700653 km
11.36 km/s
2065-May-25 09:48 0.383815 AU
57417871 km
10.91 km/s
2067-Jan-15 02:16 0.349185 AU
52237353 km
21.42 km/s
2067-Jul-01 17:51 0.482464 AU
72175654 km
17.40 km/s
2073-Oct-02 20:25 0.455638 AU
68162483 km
14.69 km/s
2074-Mar-08 10:18 0.238845 AU
35730651 km
16.18 km/s
2076-Feb-25 08:56 0.117226 AU
17536827 km
7.58 km/s
2078-Jan-05 22:52 0.033943 AU
5077820 km
10.56 km/s
2078-May-21 17:48 0.366379 AU
54809473 km
10.11 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
23.18

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48369
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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