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2018 JK3

2018 JK3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.954 AU and a period of 0.93 yr.

Aten Observations: 128
Orbital Period · P
0.93 yr
v(q)
40.6 km/s
v(Q)
22.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.16 km
TJ
6.05
Eccentricity · e
0.2782

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.689 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.219 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.53 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.954 AU gives an orbital period of 0.93 yr, or about 340 days.

An eccentricity of 0.278 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 43.23° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.9 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 = 21.69 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.16 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 128 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4143 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
0.954 AU
Eccentricity
0.2782
Perihelion
0.689 AU
Aphelion
1.219403 AU
Inclination
43.23°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
126.87°

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-Dec-30 15:45 0.396643 AU
59336890 km
32.45 km/s
2029-Dec-05 12:31 0.198831 AU
29744715 km
26.70 km/s
2031-May-31 16:44 0.176697 AU
26433565 km
20.64 km/s
2032-May-24 07:30 0.035523 AU
5314141 km
23.24 km/s
2033-May-12 01:42 0.311422 AU
46588005 km
30.52 km/s
2045-May-29 22:27 0.065181 AU
9750943 km
20.90 km/s
2046-May-21 04:11 0.046162 AU
6905663 km
25.27 km/s
2058-May-31 15:26 0.271119 AU
40558778 km
20.96 km/s
2059-May-28 10:24 0.034865 AU
5215765 km
21.68 km/s
2060-May-16 21:54 0.104753 AU
15670843 km
27.50 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
21.69

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.41434
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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