Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 11,931,555 km of Earth in 2019
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2020 GE1 is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2020 GE1 as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent likelihood of future collision.

2020 GE1 orbits the sun every 362 days (0.99 years), coming as close as 0.91 AU and reaching as far as 1.08 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2020 GE1 is probably between 0.007 to 0.030 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2020 GE1's orbit is 0.01 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2020 GE1 has 30 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
April 7, 2019 11,931,555 5.977
April 6, 2020 1,421,556 4.594
April 7, 2021 4,662,863 4.178
April 12, 2022 11,949,600 4.038
Nov. 23, 2022 20,042,903 3.996
April 29, 2023 19,301,531 4.173
Oct. 28, 2023 13,903,568 4.242
Oct. 12, 2024 7,684,665 4.291
Oct. 2, 2025 5,256,609 4.673
Sept. 24, 2026 10,822,521 5.552
Sept. 17, 2027 20,198,146 7.007
April 8, 2096 29,823,926 8.882
April 6, 2097 18,738,521 6.968
April 5, 2098 8,606,230 5.447
April 5, 2099 1,502,000 4.579
April 5, 2100 2,709,874 4.342
April 8, 2101 9,078,824 4.108
Nov. 21, 2101 20,190,503 4.147
April 19, 2102 16,334,720 4.262
Oct. 27, 2102 14,068,234 4.319
May 15, 2103 22,691,160 4.099
Oct. 13, 2103 7,938,827 4.322
Oct. 3, 2104 5,078,242 4.623
Sept. 25, 2105 9,739,573 5.350
Sept. 17, 2106 18,626,170 6.655
Sept. 11, 2107 28,941,744 8.377
April 6, 2176 28,233,462 8.480
April 5, 2177 17,369,665 6.667
April 4, 2178 7,610,611 5.247
April 4, 2179 1,599,138 4.542

Images and Observations

2020 GE1's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 4, 2020. It was last officially observed on April 16, 2020. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 90 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

2020 GE1 can be reached with a journey of 362 days. This trajectory would require a delta-v of 4.761 km/s. To put this into perspective, the delta-v to launch a rocket to Low-Earth Orbit is 9.7 km/s. There are 1,520,050 potential trajectories and launch windows to this asteroid.

See more at the NHATS Mission Trajectories table for 2020 GE1.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.994 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.0856
  • Inclination: 7.74°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 17.51°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 72.35°
  • Mean Anomaly: 263.27°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.018 km
  • Magnitude: 27.1

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 362 days (0.99 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 29.87 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.08 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.91 AU

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