Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.827 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.635 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.808 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.231 AU gives an orbital period of 1.37 yr, or about 499 days.
An eccentricity of 0.328 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
The orbital plane is tilted 6.32° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.1 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 = 26.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 59 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7711 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2029-Feb-10 21:02 | 0.390340 AU 58393996 km |
22.58 km/s |
| 2033-Sep-20 14:37 | 0.426776 AU 63844728 km |
8.02 km/s |
| 2037-Aug-11 18:05 | 0.073710 AU 11026928 km |
12.29 km/s |
| 2044-Feb-18 08:23 | 0.263045 AU 39350942 km |
18.38 km/s |
| 2048-Feb-10 00:22 | 0.328226 AU 49101961 km |
5.65 km/s |
| 2048-May-16 03:23 | 0.206632 AU 30911637 km |
8.37 km/s |
| 2048-Sep-02 21:58 | 0.340981 AU 51010024 km |
6.35 km/s |
| 2052-Aug-19 21:55 | 0.254073 AU 38008705 km |
17.17 km/s |
| 2059-Feb-27 03:02 | 0.102730 AU 15368259 km |
13.12 km/s |
| 2063-Jan-18 23:49 | 0.440287 AU 65866048 km |
7.84 km/s |
| 2063-Jun-30 08:00 | 0.169436 AU 25347216 km |
6.94 km/s |
| 2067-Aug-28 01:21 | 0.390841 AU 58468914 km |
21.68 km/s |
| 2074-Mar-08 06:39 | 0.004457 AU 666816 km |
9.16 km/s |
| 2078-Aug-07 02:24 | 0.055515 AU 8305000 km |
9.86 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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