Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.907 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.051 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.144 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.479 AU gives an orbital period of 1.80 yr, or about 657 days.
An eccentricity of 0.387 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.23° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.3 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 = 21.21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.2 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 147 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5385 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2027-Oct-06 01:46 | 0.108533 AU 16236282 km |
12.27 km/s |
| 2036-Oct-05 23:16 | 0.117735 AU 17612949 km |
12.53 km/s |
| 2045-Oct-09 18:03 | 0.168820 AU 25255090 km |
14.07 km/s |
| 2054-Oct-14 04:47 | 0.239462 AU 35823073 km |
16.19 km/s |
| 2063-Oct-18 20:35 | 0.320073 AU 47882225 km |
18.58 km/s |
| 2065-May-11 07:26 | 0.489580 AU 73240074 km |
23.42 km/s |
| 2072-Oct-22 09:02 | 0.404087 AU 60450497 km |
21.08 km/s |
| 2074-May-15 18:56 | 0.404658 AU 60535910 km |
20.97 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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