Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.624 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.061 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.437 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.843 AU gives an orbital period of 0.77 yr, or about 283 days.
An eccentricity of 0.26 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
The orbital plane is tilted 15.84° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.9 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 = 24.31 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 103 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3751 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2032-Mar-22 12:28 | 0.135354 AU 20248700 km |
9.10 km/s |
| 2042-Feb-28 05:48 | 0.126294 AU 18893365 km |
11.59 km/s |
| 2049-Mar-12 08:14 | 0.075565 AU 11304433 km |
8.95 km/s |
| 2066-Mar-07 06:43 | 0.043488 AU 6505701 km |
9.19 km/s |
| 2073-Apr-03 05:25 | 0.193246 AU 28909172 km |
9.77 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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