Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.785 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.721 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.936 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.253 AU gives an orbital period of 1.40 yr, or about 512 days.
An eccentricity of 0.374 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
A steep inclination of 24.41° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18 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 = 21.96 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 62 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5339 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-Jul-17 14:23 | 0.209069 AU 31276267 km |
14.10 km/s |
| 2035-Jul-16 12:34 | 0.263427 AU 39408181 km |
13.28 km/s |
| 2042-Jul-12 19:43 | 0.329801 AU 49337542 km |
12.91 km/s |
| 2042-Nov-04 01:55 | 0.407618 AU 60978803 km |
13.08 km/s |
| 2049-Jul-08 01:07 | 0.396377 AU 59297140 km |
12.83 km/s |
| 2049-Nov-30 00:36 | 0.335328 AU 50164376 km |
13.93 km/s |
| 2056-Jul-02 22:04 | 0.458673 AU 68616519 km |
12.90 km/s |
| 2056-Dec-14 12:01 | 0.247248 AU 36987728 km |
14.02 km/s |
| 2063-Dec-24 07:34 | 0.158794 AU 23755250 km |
14.63 km/s |
| 2070-Dec-30 08:44 | 0.082030 AU 12271540 km |
15.66 km/s |
| 2078-Jan-03 16:17 | 0.044617 AU 6674664 km |
16.79 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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