Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.988 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.321 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.333 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.655 AU gives an orbital period of 2.13 yr, or about 778 days.
The high eccentricity (0.403) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
The orbital plane is tilted 6.76° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.1 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 = 23.53 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.07 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 74 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5313 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2037-Dec-02 04:03 | 0.448518 AU 67097278 km |
18.93 km/s |
| 2039-Nov-25 16:57 | 0.455059 AU 68075860 km |
2.41 km/s |
| 2040-Mar-17 11:46 | 0.264748 AU 39605798 km |
14.26 km/s |
| 2054-Dec-13 21:06 | 0.283343 AU 42387545 km |
13.62 km/s |
| 2057-Mar-28 13:05 | 0.440017 AU 65825581 km |
19.36 km/s |
| 2071-Dec-31 13:26 | 0.142131 AU 21262565 km |
8.53 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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