Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.763 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.276 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.513 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.02 AU gives an orbital period of 1.03 yr, or about 376 days.
An eccentricity of 0.251 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.5° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.8 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 = 25.21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 76 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4971 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2049-Jan-20 03:22 | 0.423473 AU 63350670 km |
20.90 km/s |
| 2050-Jan-28 10:46 | 0.236273 AU 35345904 km |
15.09 km/s |
| 2051-Feb-05 10:10 | 0.050790 AU 7598139 km |
9.32 km/s |
| 2052-Jan-30 21:52 | 0.137882 AU 20626908 km |
4.56 km/s |
| 2052-Dec-22 11:34 | 0.243216 AU 36384559 km |
6.55 km/s |
| 2053-Apr-19 02:25 | 0.228945 AU 34249742 km |
7.88 km/s |
| 2053-Nov-28 21:49 | 0.283463 AU 42405438 km |
7.28 km/s |
| 2054-May-21 23:58 | 0.248711 AU 37206617 km |
8.75 km/s |
| 2054-Nov-07 02:48 | 0.281774 AU 42152739 km |
7.21 km/s |
| 2055-Jun-24 14:14 | 0.224062 AU 33519239 km |
7.53 km/s |
| 2055-Oct-13 15:00 | 0.237218 AU 35487330 km |
6.27 km/s |
| 2056-Aug-29 04:37 | 0.121243 AU 18137666 km |
4.52 km/s |
| 2057-Sep-02 02:10 | 0.064085 AU 9586932 km |
9.67 km/s |
| 2058-Sep-09 23:38 | 0.241623 AU 36146287 km |
15.08 km/s |
| 2059-Sep-18 00:32 | 0.419970 AU 62826563 km |
20.52 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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