Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.995 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.627 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.632 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.311 AU gives an orbital period of 1.50 yr, or about 548 days.
An eccentricity of 0.241 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 2.7° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.3 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 = 23.99 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 134 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4965 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2027-Apr-01 15:14 | 0.031300 AU 4682484 km |
3.78 km/s |
| 2030-Apr-15 12:10 | 0.038927 AU 5823349 km |
3.71 km/s |
| 2033-May-08 19:03 | 0.048040 AU 7186753 km |
4.32 km/s |
| 2036-May-25 12:38 | 0.103784 AU 15525838 km |
6.83 km/s |
| 2039-Jan-18 21:44 | 0.315862 AU 47252231 km |
3.85 km/s |
| 2039-Jun-04 16:31 | 0.205573 AU 30753309 km |
10.14 km/s |
| 2042-Jan-02 13:42 | 0.384980 AU 57592143 km |
5.44 km/s |
| 2042-Jun-11 21:44 | 0.323637 AU 48415367 km |
13.66 km/s |
| 2044-Dec-20 21:59 | 0.442886 AU 66254731 km |
6.60 km/s |
| 2045-Jun-18 11:06 | 0.447703 AU 66975432 km |
17.32 km/s |
| 2047-Dec-11 03:04 | 0.492423 AU 73665441 km |
7.46 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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