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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 FG1

2018 FG1

2018 FG1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.074 AU it takes 1.11 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 20
Orbital Period · P
1.11 yr
v(q)
39 km/s
v(Q)
21.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.71
Eccentricity · e
0.2956

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.756 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.391 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.635 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.074 AU gives an orbital period of 1.11 yr, or about 407 days.

An eccentricity of 0.296 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.55° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.2 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 = 27.3 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 20 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4307 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
1.074 AU
Eccentricity
0.2956
Perihelion
0.756 AU
Aphelion
1.391474 AU
Inclination
6.55°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
79.99°

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
2028-Mar-25 04:16 0.009013 AU
1348263 km
7.42 km/s
2028-Dec-29 10:23 0.421335 AU
63030819 km
9.06 km/s
2030-Oct-21 19:07 0.408090 AU
61049468 km
24.50 km/s
2038-Dec-23 06:12 0.427999 AU
64027770 km
9.08 km/s
2047-Mar-01 14:39 0.365087 AU
54616206 km
22.89 km/s
2048-Dec-14 08:14 0.418482 AU
62604078 km
8.98 km/s
2049-Sep-27 17:28 0.011086 AU
1658468 km
9.13 km/s
2057-Mar-02 12:01 0.317519 AU
47500227 km
21.76 km/s
2059-Sep-28 22:03 0.010865 AU
1625446 km
9.48 km/s
2067-Feb-26 05:45 0.441334 AU
66022700 km
24.70 km/s
2068-Dec-23 08:54 0.420385 AU
62888756 km
9.06 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
27.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43066
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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