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NASA JPL SBDB · 2013 CB88

2013 CB88

2013 CB88 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.052 AU it takes 1.08 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 20
Orbital Period · P
1.08 yr
v(q)
33.7 km/s
v(Q)
25 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
5.7
Eccentricity · e
0.148

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.896 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.208 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.312 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.052 AU gives an orbital period of 1.08 yr, or about 394 days.

An eccentricity of 0.148 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 31.91° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25 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 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 20 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6169 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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

Semi-Major Axis
1.052 AU
Eccentricity
0.148
Perihelion
0.896 AU
Aphelion
1.207696 AU
Inclination
31.91°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2456336.5
Mean Anomaly
114.87°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
23.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.61695
Condition
8
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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.

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