Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.882 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.148 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.266 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.515 AU gives an orbital period of 1.86 yr, or about 681 days.
The high eccentricity (0.418) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
Its inclination of 3.53° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.5 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 = 21.2 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.2 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 88 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5031 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2029-Dec-13 01:06 | 0.101959 AU 15252779 km |
12.39 km/s |
| 2031-Jul-29 02:04 | 0.311349 AU 46577210 km |
18.53 km/s |
| 2043-Jan-03 02:52 | 0.455030 AU 68071474 km |
23.20 km/s |
| 2044-Aug-28 04:02 | 0.064852 AU 9701736 km |
8.55 km/s |
| 2044-Dec-29 11:11 | 0.446020 AU 66723578 km |
3.66 km/s |
| 2057-Jul-22 01:27 | 0.475836 AU 71184021 km |
4.27 km/s |
| 2057-Dec-03 08:36 | 0.038640 AU 5780494 km |
9.56 km/s |
| 2059-Jul-24 16:59 | 0.393984 AU 58939126 km |
21.01 km/s |
| 2071-Jan-02 01:16 | 0.429035 AU 64182721 km |
22.46 km/s |
| 2072-Aug-25 18:37 | 0.058992 AU 8825120 km |
8.88 km/s |
| 2073-Jan-02 14:30 | 0.457831 AU 68490482 km |
4.39 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
Physical Parameters
Orbit Quality
Keep exploring
Explore asteroids, comets and near-Earth objects with JPL orbital data.