Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.771 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.104 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.333 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.937 AU gives an orbital period of 0.91 yr, or about 331 days.
An eccentricity of 0.177 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.26° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.7 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 = 22.74 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.1 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 159 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4006 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
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 distance | Velocity |
|---|---|---|
| 2031-Jan-31 23:53 | 0.022521 AU 3369081 km |
5.21 km/s |
| 2031-Sep-18 09:47 | 0.224647 AU 33606747 km |
6.79 km/s |
| 2032-May-29 08:52 | 0.148008 AU 22141669 km |
9.39 km/s |
| 2041-Jan-31 12:53 | 0.038644 AU 5781008 km |
5.93 km/s |
| 2041-Sep-24 03:43 | 0.224976 AU 33655904 km |
6.86 km/s |
| 2042-May-31 17:20 | 0.115607 AU 17294503 km |
8.37 km/s |
| 2051-Feb-03 14:49 | 0.140771 AU 21058979 km |
9.21 km/s |
| 2051-Oct-14 23:55 | 0.223382 AU 33417475 km |
6.90 km/s |
| 2052-Jun-01 10:54 | 0.019850 AU 2969472 km |
5.32 km/s |
| 2061-Feb-03 05:41 | 0.094638 AU 14157700 km |
7.79 km/s |
| 2061-Oct-04 21:26 | 0.227765 AU 34073172 km |
7.02 km/s |
| 2062-Jun-02 09:47 | 0.076128 AU 11388613 km |
7.20 km/s |
| 2071-Feb-03 09:37 | 0.021392 AU 3200230 km |
5.25 km/s |
| 2071-Sep-21 11:43 | 0.224199 AU 33539677 km |
6.80 km/s |
| 2072-Jun-01 02:06 | 0.142947 AU 21384570 km |
9.21 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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