Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.105 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.57 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.465 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.337 AU gives an orbital period of 1.55 yr, or about 565 days.
An eccentricity of 0.174 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
A steep inclination of 26.19° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 30.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.6 km/s at aphelion.
Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.
Size and surface
No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.22 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 87 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4492 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-Jul-07 04:15 | 0.335012 AU 50117145 km |
16.08 km/s |
| 2041-Jul-19 02:28 | 0.265340 AU 39694320 km |
14.96 km/s |
| 2055-Jul-09 15:07 | 0.240793 AU 36022060 km |
14.90 km/s |
| 2058-Jul-21 06:37 | 0.359344 AU 53757153 km |
16.13 km/s |
| 2072-Jul-10 20:59 | 0.162825 AU 24358280 km |
14.16 km/s |
| 2075-Jul-23 05:51 | 0.441854 AU 66100384 km |
17.34 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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