Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.597 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.133 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.536 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.865 AU gives an orbital period of 0.80 yr, or about 294 days.
An eccentricity of 0.309 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
A steep inclination of 29.91° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.3 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 = 23.06 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 139 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3654 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2047-Jan-21 08:42 | 0.178801 AU 26748185 km |
19.87 km/s |
| 2051-Jan-23 08:48 | 0.059653 AU 8923929 km |
17.33 km/s |
| 2055-Jan-23 08:43 | 0.083144 AU 12438223 km |
15.81 km/s |
| 2059-Jan-20 17:38 | 0.194651 AU 29119374 km |
15.17 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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