Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.483 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.237 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.754 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.36 AU gives an orbital period of 1.59 yr, or about 579 days.
The high eccentricity (0.645) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
Its inclination of 0.51° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 55 km/s at perihelion and falls to 11.9 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 = 23.93 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 99 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6449 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2028-Oct-30 08:56 | 0.225224 AU 33693091 km |
28.05 km/s |
| 2030-Feb-26 19:14 | 0.287877 AU 43065815 km |
30.03 km/s |
| 2036-Oct-10 17:13 | 0.207724 AU 31075059 km |
15.02 km/s |
| 2041-Apr-11 11:31 | 0.350479 AU 52430839 km |
11.93 km/s |
| 2044-Aug-07 05:17 | 0.486529 AU 72783726 km |
21.37 km/s |
| 2047-Nov-09 10:52 | 0.425681 AU 63680979 km |
34.37 km/s |
| 2049-Mar-08 03:19 | 0.077293 AU 11562929 km |
23.52 km/s |
| 2055-Oct-20 05:03 | 0.025708 AU 3845935 km |
20.43 km/s |
| 2060-Mar-15 19:28 | 0.474328 AU 70958461 km |
10.29 km/s |
| 2060-May-04 23:10 | 0.427123 AU 63896693 km |
16.84 km/s |
| 2063-Aug-17 05:04 | 0.461480 AU 69036491 km |
19.32 km/s |
| 2066-Nov-11 04:24 | 0.463405 AU 69324369 km |
35.61 km/s |
| 2068-Mar-08 22:16 | 0.055685 AU 8330420 km |
22.85 km/s |
| 2074-Oct-18 02:37 | 0.070862 AU 10600737 km |
19.07 km/s |
| 2079-Apr-24 02:01 | 0.386340 AU 57795637 km |
14.07 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
Physical Parameters
Orbit Quality
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