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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 GY3

2018 GY3

2018 GY3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.086 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 39
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
42.7 km/s
v(Q)
19.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.64
Eccentricity · e
0.3801

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.673 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.499 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.826 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.086 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 413 days.

An eccentricity of 0.38 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.55° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.2 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 = 27.6 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 39 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6221 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
1.086 AU
Eccentricity
0.3801
Perihelion
0.673 AU
Aphelion
1.498789 AU
Inclination
1.55°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
131.23°

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-Apr-28 00:55 0.379387 AU
56755520 km
22.46 km/s
2033-Aug-31 19:39 0.284262 AU
42524990 km
6.94 km/s
2033-Nov-14 02:44 0.256058 AU
38305683 km
9.30 km/s
2034-Jun-23 11:10 0.479753 AU
71769990 km
10.09 km/s
2035-Apr-07 00:08 0.076086 AU
11382312 km
8.86 km/s
2041-Sep-12 15:55 0.179720 AU
26885716 km
16.45 km/s
2042-Jul-28 04:17 0.435651 AU
65172497 km
9.43 km/s
2043-Jan-05 02:06 0.310320 AU
46423137 km
12.32 km/s
2043-May-29 11:20 0.413216 AU
61816225 km
9.11 km/s
2044-Apr-21 15:31 0.252135 AU
37718905 km
18.62 km/s
2050-Sep-24 19:13 0.075909 AU
11355812 km
8.87 km/s
2051-Jul-09 12:22 0.478324 AU
71556269 km
10.08 km/s
2052-Feb-14 02:38 0.259597 AU
38835161 km
9.50 km/s
2052-May-01 09:27 0.289201 AU
43263920 km
7.09 km/s
2058-Sep-01 20:52 0.417000 AU
62382313 km
23.58 km/s
2059-Aug-19 17:02 0.343024 AU
51315718 km
7.95 km/s
2059-Dec-01 08:14 0.287674 AU
43035443 km
10.99 km/s
2060-Jun-16 06:55 0.469219 AU
70194216 km
9.93 km/s
2061-Apr-10 20:26 0.016143 AU
2414998 km
11.60 km/s
2067-Sep-24 15:51 0.051500 AU
7704243 km
9.59 km/s
2068-Jul-09 05:40 0.483074 AU
72266799 km
10.10 km/s
2069-Feb-16 09:58 0.251672 AU
37649552 km
9.14 km/s
2069-Apr-28 17:47 0.277896 AU
41572612 km
6.84 km/s
2075-Sep-11 20:26 0.221135 AU
33081298 km
17.73 km/s
2076-Jul-29 13:57 0.433988 AU
64923718 km
9.40 km/s
2077-Jan-03 18:24 0.308783 AU
46193319 km
12.29 km/s
2077-May-28 22:34 0.416068 AU
62242937 km
9.14 km/s
2078-Apr-23 03:37 0.278587 AU
41676003 km
19.48 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
27.6

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.62209
Condition
2
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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