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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 CD4

2024 CD4

2024 CD4 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.366 AU it takes 1.60 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 121
Orbital Period · P
1.60 yr
v(q)
33.7 km/s
v(Q)
19.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
4.78
Eccentricity · e
0.2718

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.995 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.737 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.742 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.366 AU gives an orbital period of 1.60 yr, or about 583 days.

An eccentricity of 0.272 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.51° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.3 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 = 26.64 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 121 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4331 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
1.366 AU
Eccentricity
0.2718
Perihelion
0.995 AU
Aphelion
1.737279 AU
Inclination
9.51°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
168.42°

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
2032-Jan-24 15:45 0.076680 AU
11471133 km
7.03 km/s
2040-Jan-02 15:31 0.202500 AU
30293521 km
11.03 km/s
2047-Dec-18 21:47 0.368016 AU
55054361 km
16.39 km/s
2048-May-15 05:37 0.435846 AU
65201638 km
5.36 km/s
2058-Oct-16 03:18 0.471020 AU
70463546 km
7.19 km/s
2067-Mar-22 18:24 0.254214 AU
38029871 km
14.14 km/s
2075-Mar-08 01:08 0.081526 AU
12196127 km
9.32 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
26.64

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43314
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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