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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 LW2

2024 LW2

2024 LW2 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.28 AU it takes 1.45 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 69
Orbital Period · P
1.45 yr
v(q)
33.4 km/s
v(Q)
20.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
5.01
Eccentricity · e
0.2342

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.98 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.58 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.6 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.28 AU gives an orbital period of 1.45 yr, or about 529 days.

An eccentricity of 0.234 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.08° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.7 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 = 25.8 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 69 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4451 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
1.28 AU
Eccentricity
0.2342
Perihelion
0.98 AU
Aphelion
1.579776 AU
Inclination
11.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
112.81°

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
2040-May-13 07:12 0.281259 AU
42075790 km
17.14 km/s
2040-Nov-20 00:29 0.410394 AU
61394070 km
8.60 km/s
2050-Sep-22 09:16 0.260034 AU
38900526 km
14.76 km/s
2069-Nov-30 15:44 0.458098 AU
68530413 km
9.27 km/s
2079-Apr-22 18:48 0.394500 AU
59016303 km
4.79 km/s
2079-Sep-12 20:06 0.267178 AU
39969319 km
10.51 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
25.8

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44507
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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