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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 OZ

2024 OZ

2024 OZ belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.946 AU it takes 2.71 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 85
Orbital Period · P
2.71 yr
v(q)
51 km/s
v(Q)
8.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.31 km
TJ
3.53
Eccentricity · e
0.7019

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.58 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.312 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.732 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.946 AU gives an orbital period of 2.71 yr, or about 992 days.

The high eccentricity (0.702) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.87° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 51 km/s at perihelion and falls to 8.9 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 = 20.28 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.31 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 85 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4747 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.946 AU
Eccentricity
0.7019
Perihelion
0.58 AU
Aphelion
3.311897 AU
Inclination
11.87°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
215.81°

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
2032-Dec-30 18:16 0.366600 AU
54842587 km
19.03 km/s
2041-Mar-19 08:30 0.462812 AU
69235763 km
34.45 km/s
2043-Sep-07 17:10 0.215258 AU
32202207 km
15.99 km/s
2052-Jan-05 22:45 0.352106 AU
52674258 km
18.46 km/s
2060-Mar-20 04:39 0.476251 AU
71246148 km
34.91 km/s
2062-Sep-07 01:33 0.210233 AU
31450444 km
16.18 km/s
2071-Jan-09 17:37 0.337712 AU
50521071 km
17.95 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
20.28

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47471
Condition
0
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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