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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 RB1

2024 RB1

2024 RB1 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.9 AU and a period of 0.85 yr.

Aten Observations: 23
Orbital Period · P
0.85 yr
v(q)
39.4 km/s
v(Q)
25 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.59
Eccentricity · e
0.2227

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.7 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.101 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.401 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.9 AU gives an orbital period of 0.85 yr, or about 312 days.

An eccentricity of 0.223 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.28° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25 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 = 25.49 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 23 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5392 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
0.9003 AU
Eccentricity
0.2227
Perihelion
0.7 AU
Aphelion
1.100797 AU
Inclination
6.28°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
185.98°

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
2030-May-26 22:10 0.227284 AU
34001233 km
5.53 km/s
2030-Sep-26 21:57 0.093823 AU
14035706 km
5.47 km/s
2035-Aug-13 02:58 0.403502 AU
60363004 km
20.01 km/s
2036-Oct-31 19:23 0.083942 AU
12557618 km
7.92 km/s
2041-Aug-04 01:39 0.089145 AU
13335971 km
12.49 km/s
2064-Aug-07 05:33 0.074085 AU
11083006 km
6.14 km/s
2065-Feb-03 00:54 0.262829 AU
39318720 km
8.50 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
25.49

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.53917
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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