Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.856 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.548 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.692 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.202 AU gives an orbital period of 1.32 yr, or about 481 days.
An eccentricity of 0.287 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 3.7° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.2 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 = 26.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 74 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4732 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.
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-Sep-27 19:27 | 0.347263 AU 51949772 km |
18.73 km/s |
| 2042-Aug-05 14:55 | 0.448066 AU 67029783 km |
8.03 km/s |
| 2043-Mar-19 14:00 | 0.163169 AU 24409768 km |
13.80 km/s |
| 2046-Sep-03 08:34 | 0.316880 AU 47404552 km |
6.06 km/s |
| 2051-Apr-24 15:56 | 0.337901 AU 50549262 km |
6.19 km/s |
| 2054-Oct-05 12:23 | 0.213618 AU 31956821 km |
14.35 km/s |
| 2055-May-22 22:53 | 0.464951 AU 69555613 km |
8.12 km/s |
| 2067-Jul-25 13:17 | 0.489346 AU 73205063 km |
8.54 km/s |
| 2068-Mar-26 11:17 | 0.318128 AU 47591311 km |
18.20 km/s |
| 2071-Aug-19 02:25 | 0.387591 AU 57982790 km |
7.23 km/s |
| 2072-Mar-09 16:18 | 0.012318 AU 1842810 km |
9.22 km/s |
| 2075-Sep-23 02:01 | 0.240388 AU 35961483 km |
4.37 km/s |
| 2079-Oct-20 07:09 | 0.033460 AU 5005509 km |
7.64 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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