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2018 FK29

2018 FK29 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.845 AU it takes 2.51 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 90
Orbital Period · P
2.51 yr
v(q)
50.2 km/s
v(Q)
9.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.43 km
TJ
3.68
Eccentricity · e
0.6793

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.592 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.098 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.506 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.845 AU gives an orbital period of 2.51 yr, or about 915 days.

The high eccentricity (0.679) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.51° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 50.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 9.6 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 = 19.58 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.43 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 90 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4978 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

Semi-Major Axis
1.845 AU
Eccentricity
0.6793
Perihelion
0.592 AU
Aphelion
3.098308 AU
Inclination
11.51°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
67.5°

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-May-04 12:55 0.183229 AU
27410740 km
21.91 km/s
2033-May-08 17:10 0.183047 AU
27383496 km
19.85 km/s
2038-May-13 13:37 0.208925 AU
31254788 km
17.74 km/s
2043-May-21 01:45 0.257697 AU
38550870 km
15.43 km/s
2048-Jun-02 17:24 0.315440 AU
47189208 km
14.21 km/s
2053-Jun-18 13:49 0.360590 AU
53943449 km
15.81 km/s
2058-Jul-01 07:21 0.391069 AU
58503157 km
17.86 km/s
2063-Jul-13 11:50 0.413605 AU
61874484 km
19.73 km/s
2068-Jul-20 07:53 0.422889 AU
63263352 km
20.68 km/s
2073-Jul-28 10:10 0.427999 AU
64027755 km
21.39 km/s
2078-Aug-07 22:15 0.427189 AU
63906552 km
21.81 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
19.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.49778
Condition
0
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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