Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.059 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.158 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.099 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.109 AU gives an orbital period of 1.17 yr, or about 427 days.
With e = 0.044, the orbit is close to circular.
Its inclination of 4.26° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 29.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.1 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 = 24.69 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 76 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5211 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-Sep-05 04:20 | 0.132313 AU 19793781 km |
2.77 km/s |
| 2035-Sep-07 06:30 | 0.132660 AU 19845680 km |
2.81 km/s |
| 2042-Sep-13 22:55 | 0.136522 AU 20423451 km |
2.97 km/s |
| 2049-Sep-24 15:17 | 0.143484 AU 21464878 km |
3.18 km/s |
| 2056-Oct-07 20:33 | 0.152416 AU 22801150 km |
3.36 km/s |
| 2063-Oct-23 16:39 | 0.161763 AU 24199448 km |
3.46 km/s |
| 2070-Nov-08 18:09 | 0.169613 AU 25373705 km |
3.42 km/s |
| 2077-Nov-25 22:19 | 0.173939 AU 26020851 km |
3.24 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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