Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.041 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.19 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.149 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.616 AU gives an orbital period of 2.05 yr, or about 750 days.
An eccentricity of 0.355 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
The orbital plane is tilted 16.44° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.2 km/s at aphelion.
Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.
Size and surface
No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 20.78 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.25 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 58 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7592 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2042-Jul-28 13:22 | 0.478684 AU 71610065 km |
18.15 km/s |
| 2042-Dec-14 02:52 | 0.481677 AU 72057890 km |
9.14 km/s |
| 2044-Aug-05 16:16 | 0.278655 AU 41686175 km |
10.37 km/s |
| 2044-Nov-23 00:59 | 0.261633 AU 39139665 km |
8.81 km/s |
| 2046-Jul-24 00:43 | 0.366049 AU 54760157 km |
8.05 km/s |
| 2046-Nov-22 13:27 | 0.290153 AU 43406252 km |
13.88 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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