Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.981 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.029 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.048 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.505 AU gives an orbital period of 1.85 yr, or about 674 days.
An eccentricity of 0.348 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
A steep inclination of 22.11° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.9 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 = 21.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.2 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 57 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3171 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-Feb-22 15:53 | 0.357052 AU 53414240 km |
11.79 km/s |
| 2031-Jul-13 14:53 | 0.137465 AU 20564482 km |
13.03 km/s |
| 2042-Jul-30 02:14 | 0.465630 AU 69657274 km |
23.17 km/s |
| 2044-Feb-28 04:33 | 0.431849 AU 64603629 km |
18.01 km/s |
| 2055-Feb-21 07:03 | 0.370233 AU 55386080 km |
11.73 km/s |
| 2055-Jul-14 12:28 | 0.127854 AU 19126668 km |
13.54 km/s |
| 2066-Jul-30 18:23 | 0.480161 AU 71831039 km |
23.54 km/s |
| 2068-Feb-28 14:30 | 0.426268 AU 63768724 km |
17.75 km/s |
| 2068-Jul-22 11:20 | 0.494492 AU 73975013 km |
11.07 km/s |
| 2079-Feb-21 23:03 | 0.366536 AU 54833040 km |
11.73 km/s |
| 2079-Jul-14 06:43 | 0.129152 AU 19320886 km |
13.38 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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