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NASA JPL SBDB · 612202

612202

612202 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.642 AU once every 2.10 yr.

Amor Observations: 190
Orbital Period · P
2.10 yr
v(q)
34.5 km/s
v(Q)
15.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.28 km
TJ
4.21
Eccentricity · e
0.3763

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.024 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.26 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.236 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.642 AU gives an orbital period of 2.10 yr, or about 769 days.

An eccentricity of 0.376 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.42° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.6 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 = 20.53 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.28 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 190 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5476 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.642 AU
Eccentricity
0.3763
Perihelion
1.024 AU
Aphelion
2.259885 AU
Inclination
4.42°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
21.38°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
20.53

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.54757
Condition
0
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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