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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 UT2

2024 UT2

2024 UT2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.851 AU and a period of 0.78 yr.

Aten Observations: 49
Orbital Period · P
0.78 yr
v(q)
46.6 km/s
v(Q)
22.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.87
Eccentricity · e
0.351

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.552 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.149 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.597 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.851 AU gives an orbital period of 0.78 yr, or about 287 days.

An eccentricity of 0.351 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.84° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.4 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 = 26.94 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 49 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4295 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
0.8506 AU
Eccentricity
0.351
Perihelion
0.552 AU
Aphelion
1.149161 AU
Inclination
4.84°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
277.06°

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
2027-Aug-08 05:31 0.281298 AU
42081551 km
17.95 km/s
2028-Mar-07 11:14 0.441832 AU
66097198 km
16.70 km/s
2028-Oct-15 18:03 0.428961 AU
64171628 km
23.25 km/s
2031-Aug-27 02:42 0.139176 AU
20820459 km
7.18 km/s
2032-Jan-11 05:24 0.347472 AU
51981114 km
10.22 km/s
2035-Apr-17 13:07 0.413027 AU
61788031 km
14.82 km/s
2035-Oct-29 10:52 0.044745 AU
6693723 km
11.75 km/s
2038-Aug-04 05:56 0.161267 AU
24125254 km
14.61 km/s
2039-Feb-24 04:45 0.433631 AU
64870261 km
16.12 km/s
2042-Jun-05 18:01 0.289413 AU
43295616 km
7.31 km/s
2042-Sep-20 03:21 0.151553 AU
22671975 km
7.40 km/s
2046-Apr-03 02:35 0.430765 AU
64441476 km
16.10 km/s
2046-Oct-25 19:33 0.150319 AU
22487451 km
15.68 km/s
2049-Aug-01 05:17 0.086730 AU
12974594 km
10.97 km/s
2050-Feb-10 15:01 0.409876 AU
61316584 km
14.91 km/s
2056-Aug-13 00:00 0.337042 AU
50420827 km
22.15 km/s
2057-Oct-21 18:11 0.216922 AU
32451119 km
18.92 km/s
2060-Aug-03 05:48 0.085996 AU
12864759 km
8.18 km/s
2064-Oct-26 08:56 0.002256 AU
337497 km
8.10 km/s
2067-Aug-09 22:56 0.260279 AU
38937127 km
19.36 km/s
2068-Mar-12 15:59 0.443358 AU
66325422 km
16.76 km/s
2068-Oct-17 20:24 0.325756 AU
48732429 km
21.68 km/s
2071-Aug-14 23:06 0.108271 AU
16197111 km
7.11 km/s
2072-Jan-19 21:29 0.366081 AU
54764953 km
11.71 km/s
2075-Apr-25 11:54 0.407453 AU
60954052 km
13.86 km/s
2075-Oct-29 20:10 0.004562 AU
682496 km
9.72 km/s
2078-Aug-05 17:20 0.212632 AU
31809261 km
15.28 km/s
2079-Feb-26 05:17 0.437669 AU
65474340 km
16.32 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
26.94

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.42953
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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