Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.439 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.12 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.681 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.779 AU gives an orbital period of 0.69 yr, or about 251 days.
The high eccentricity (0.437) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
A steep inclination of 29.9° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.1 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 = 20.86 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.24 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 270 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3518 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2035-Jan-08 13:07 | 0.065153 AU 9746723 km |
16.91 km/s |
| 2046-Jan-08 00:19 | 0.104654 AU 15655945 km |
16.38 km/s |
| 2055-Jan-04 01:17 | 0.199512 AU 29846508 km |
22.66 km/s |
| 2057-Jan-06 21:23 | 0.149421 AU 22353116 km |
15.93 km/s |
| 2066-Jan-05 07:19 | 0.148831 AU 22264834 km |
21.33 km/s |
| 2068-Jan-06 02:32 | 0.193535 AU 28952358 km |
15.65 km/s |
| 2077-Jan-06 06:59 | 0.101024 AU 15112957 km |
20.15 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
Physical Parameters
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