Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.642 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.41 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.768 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.026 AU gives an orbital period of 1.04 yr, or about 380 days.
An eccentricity of 0.374 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
The orbital plane is tilted 6.81° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.8 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 = 20.9 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.23 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 2,174 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.2678 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2038-Sep-07 16:32 | 0.171819 AU 25703697 km |
16.33 km/s |
| 2039-Sep-16 00:32 | 0.061392 AU 9184176 km |
9.74 km/s |
| 2045-Apr-10 21:59 | 0.123667 AU 18500379 km |
8.68 km/s |
| 2046-Apr-24 01:53 | 0.165395 AU 24742814 km |
15.47 km/s |
| 2065-Sep-06 12:19 | 0.194203 AU 29052294 km |
17.00 km/s |
| 2066-Sep-15 08:47 | 0.041958 AU 6276865 km |
10.30 km/s |
| 2072-Apr-10 23:42 | 0.119329 AU 17851393 km |
8.83 km/s |
| 2073-Apr-24 11:43 | 0.178193 AU 26657261 km |
15.93 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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