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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 UT1

2024 UT1

2024 UT1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.058 AU it takes 1.09 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 10
Orbital Period · P
1.09 yr
v(q)
37.1 km/s
v(Q)
22.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.78
Eccentricity · e
0.2432

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.8 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.315 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.515 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.058 AU gives an orbital period of 1.09 yr, or about 397 days.

An eccentricity of 0.243 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.2° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.6 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 = 27.77 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 10 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.8287 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 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
1.058 AU
Eccentricity
0.2432
Perihelion
0.8 AU
Aphelion
1.315306 AU
Inclination
10.2°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2460607.5
Mean Anomaly
67.42°

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
2059-Mar-31 19:03 0.190257 AU
28462068 km
18.11 km/s
2061-Oct-18 11:02 0.008972 AU
1342263 km
8.14 km/s
2062-Nov-09 13:05 0.429371 AU
64232980 km
23.18 km/s
2072-Apr-14 01:45 0.017490 AU
2616455 km
9.91 km/s
2074-Oct-29 02:51 0.024409 AU
3651518 km
14.95 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
27.77

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.82867
Condition
8
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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