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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 RY2

2024 RY2

2024 RY2 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.464 AU once every 1.77 yr.

Amor Observations: 31
Orbital Period · P
1.77 yr
v(q)
31.9 km/s
v(Q)
19 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.58
Eccentricity · e
0.253

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.093 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.834 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.741 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.464 AU gives an orbital period of 1.77 yr, or about 647 days.

An eccentricity of 0.253 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.32° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.09 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 31 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5085 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
1.464 AU
Eccentricity
0.253
Perihelion
1.093 AU
Aphelion
1.834392 AU
Inclination
4.32°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
350.44°

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
2031-Jun-23 17:46 0.424084 AU
63442099 km
4.62 km/s
2040-Nov-28 19:11 0.372963 AU
55794425 km
4.08 km/s
2047-Sep-26 07:24 0.140882 AU
21075601 km
4.61 km/s
2063-Oct-24 18:37 0.246965 AU
36945368 km
2.25 km/s
2070-Jul-17 18:29 0.304604 AU
45568109 km
2.00 km/s
2070-Sep-29 04:21 0.309045 AU
46232416 km
9.30 km/s
2079-Dec-16 08:24 0.452617 AU
67710614 km
5.65 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
25.09

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.50851
Condition
5
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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