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NASA JPL SBDB · 138925

138925

138925 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.897 AU once every 2.61 yr.

Amor Observations: 1,340
Orbital Period · P
2.61 yr
v(q)
32.1 km/s
v(Q)
14.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
2.29 km
TJ
3.09
Eccentricity · e
0.3763

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.183 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.611 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.428 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.897 AU gives an orbital period of 2.61 yr, or about 954 days.

An eccentricity of 0.376 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 72.16° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 14.6 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 = 15.95 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 2.29 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 1,340 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5541 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
1.897 AU
Eccentricity
0.3763
Perihelion
1.183 AU
Aphelion
2.610841 AU
Inclination
72.16°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
152.54°

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
15.95

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.55413
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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