2019 SS2 Geometry
Heliocentric and Geocentric Distances
![Heliocentric and Geocentric Distances of 2019 SS2 in the months around closest approach](/close-approaches/2019-SS2_geometry/2019-SS2_dist.png)
Heliocentric and Geocentric Distances of 2019 SS2 in the months around closest approach
Solar Elongation and Solar Phase Angle
![Solar Elongation and Solar Phase Angle of 2019 SS2 in the months around closest approach](/close-approaches/2019-SS2_geometry/2019-SS2_ang.png)
Solar Elongation and Solar Phase Angle of 2019 SS2 in the months around closest approach
![Solar Elongation and Solar Phase Angle of 2019 SS2 in the days around closest approach](/close-approaches/2019-SS2_geometry/2019-SS2_ang2.png)
Solar Elongation and Solar Phase Angle of 2019 SS2 in the days around closest approach
Predicted Brightness
![Predicted Brightness of 2019 SS2 in the months around closest approach](/close-approaches/2019-SS2_geometry/2019-SS2_bright.png)
Predicted Brightness of 2019 SS2 in the months around closest approach
Orbit of 2019 SS2
![oblique view of orbit](/close-approaches/2019-SS2_geometry/2019-SS2_orbit_plot.png)
Oblique view showing the positions of the asteroid and Earth (coinciding) on the date of closest approach. The thin lines show the projection of the asteroid's orbit projected onto the ecliptic plane, with tic marks denoting 15-day intervals.
![co-rotating orbit plot](/close-approaches/2019-SS2_geometry/2019-SS2_orbit_plot_corot.png)
View of the orbit in a reference frame co-rotating with the Earth. Circles denote positions of the asteroid at intervals of 30 days relative to perihelion (filled circle). The upper plot shows the view from above the ecliptic plane and the low plot is the view along the ecliptic plane.
Graphs courtesy Dr. Tony Farnham