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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 GR

2024 GR

2024 GR belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.046 AU it takes 1.07 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 41
Orbital Period · P
1.07 yr
v(q)
32.1 km/s
v(Q)
26.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.87
Eccentricity · e
0.0969

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.945 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.147 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.202 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.046 AU gives an orbital period of 1.07 yr, or about 391 days.

With e = 0.097, the orbit is close to circular.

Its inclination of 3.35° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.4 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 = 27.75 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 41 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4506 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
1.046 AU
Eccentricity
0.0969
Perihelion
0.945 AU
Aphelion
1.147357 AU
Inclination
3.35°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
80.96°

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
2037-Oct-19 09:49 0.438885 AU
65656303 km
16.12 km/s
2038-Nov-08 19:46 0.019993 AU
2990969 km
3.48 km/s
2039-Jun-21 05:22 0.123531 AU
18479991 km
2.64 km/s
2040-Apr-14 05:13 0.210207 AU
31446459 km
8.69 km/s
2057-Apr-19 07:07 0.165584 AU
24770969 km
12.33 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
27.75

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45065
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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