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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 FB4

2018 FB4

2018 FB4 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.929 AU and a period of 0.90 yr.

Aten Observations: 31
Orbital Period · P
0.90 yr
v(q)
46.5 km/s
v(Q)
20.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.35
Eccentricity · e
0.3872

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.569 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.289 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.72 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.929 AU gives an orbital period of 0.90 yr, or about 327 days.

An eccentricity of 0.387 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.25° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.5 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 = 27.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 31 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4042 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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

Semi-Major Axis
0.9292 AU
Eccentricity
0.3872
Perihelion
0.569 AU
Aphelion
1.288986 AU
Inclination
17.25°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
145.86°

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 distanceVelocity
2027-Mar-31 13:43 0.218924 AU
32750638 km
10.49 km/s
2027-Nov-06 01:42 0.438186 AU
65551733 km
18.06 km/s
2028-Aug-20 10:47 0.269827 AU
40365492 km
13.12 km/s
2035-Mar-22 05:03 0.036789 AU
5503542 km
16.21 km/s
2035-Dec-19 19:42 0.441877 AU
66103824 km
14.46 km/s
2036-May-01 02:26 0.359237 AU
53741141 km
10.54 km/s
2036-Oct-06 17:10 0.371366 AU
55555549 km
16.79 km/s
2037-Jul-22 18:06 0.266390 AU
39851349 km
16.07 km/s
2043-Apr-05 09:54 0.389438 AU
58259093 km
26.84 km/s
2044-Mar-21 09:29 0.084495 AU
12640232 km
11.01 km/s
2044-Nov-18 00:56 0.450772 AU
67434585 km
17.74 km/s
2046-Jul-06 12:44 0.378941 AU
56688737 km
22.75 km/s
2052-Mar-25 03:15 0.111879 AU
16736874 km
19.22 km/s
2061-Mar-19 06:02 0.017649 AU
2640313 km
12.65 km/s
2063-Jul-12 12:24 0.306906 AU
45912534 km
20.02 km/s
2069-Mar-28 16:22 0.207581 AU
31053643 km
21.67 km/s
2070-Apr-08 08:21 0.245826 AU
36775031 km
10.55 km/s
2070-Oct-29 01:49 0.418385 AU
62589491 km
17.97 km/s
2071-Aug-11 16:14 0.259394 AU
38804715 km
13.15 km/s
2078-Mar-20 02:24 0.015581 AU
2330933 km
14.09 km/s
2078-Dec-09 00:28 0.458146 AU
68537616 km
15.93 km/s
2079-May-12 16:45 0.390380 AU
58400028 km
10.24 km/s
2079-Sep-28 03:48 0.349922 AU
52347533 km
15.95 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
27.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40415
Condition
7
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. 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.

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