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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 TP6

2024 TP6

2024 TP6 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.674 AU once every 2.17 yr.

Amor Observations: 22
Orbital Period · P
2.17 yr
v(q)
32.7 km/s
v(Q)
16.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
4.11
Eccentricity · e
0.3379

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.109 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.24 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.131 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.674 AU gives an orbital period of 2.17 yr, or about 791 days.

An eccentricity of 0.338 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 20.94° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.2 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 = 24.25 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 22 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4368 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
1.674 AU
Eccentricity
0.3379
Perihelion
1.109 AU
Aphelion
2.239645 AU
Inclination
20.94°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
261.61°

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 15:01 0.119486 AU
17874847 km
11.93 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
24.25

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43676
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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