Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.964 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.994 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.03 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.479 AU gives an orbital period of 1.80 yr, or about 657 days.
An eccentricity of 0.348 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.6° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17 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 = 24.33 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 57 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5707 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-Oct-13 23:23 | 0.030287 AU 4530888 km |
6.24 km/s |
| 2040-Sep-22 01:40 | 0.193389 AU 28930603 km |
11.85 km/s |
| 2041-Jan-31 02:17 | 0.399070 AU 59700085 km |
3.90 km/s |
| 2049-Sep-09 14:51 | 0.404602 AU 60527575 km |
18.14 km/s |
| 2065-Aug-18 10:24 | 0.460813 AU 68936625 km |
5.00 km/s |
| 2066-Jan-11 06:21 | 0.286292 AU 42828707 km |
14.77 km/s |
| 2074-Dec-27 07:11 | 0.081389 AU 12175694 km |
8.36 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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