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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 KD1

2018 KD1

2018 KD1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.077 AU it takes 1.12 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 84
Orbital Period · P
1.12 yr
v(q)
32.7 km/s
v(Q)
25.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.72
Eccentricity · e
0.1291

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.938 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.216 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.278 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.077 AU gives an orbital period of 1.12 yr, or about 408 days.

An eccentricity of 0.129 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.54° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.2 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 = 24.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 84 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3838 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 3 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.077 AU
Eccentricity
0.1291
Perihelion
0.938 AU
Aphelion
1.216041 AU
Inclination
9.54°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
337.53°

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-Jun-04 02:29 0.310040 AU
46381337 km
13.27 km/s
2028-Mar-24 19:16 0.269297 AU
40286216 km
5.34 km/s
2028-Nov-22 01:25 0.169337 AU
25332492 km
10.15 km/s
2037-May-29 09:43 0.098491 AU
14734071 km
5.46 km/s
2037-Nov-23 00:30 0.190637 AU
28518891 km
5.13 km/s
2046-Jun-04 16:43 0.282881 AU
42318412 km
12.50 km/s
2047-Mar-19 11:57 0.275850 AU
41266607 km
5.25 km/s
2047-Nov-24 00:50 0.200335 AU
29969619 km
10.97 km/s
2056-May-23 09:41 0.122102 AU
18266200 km
5.33 km/s
2056-Nov-09 07:44 0.149697 AU
22394305 km
5.07 km/s
2065-Jun-05 12:06 0.241688 AU
36156013 km
11.34 km/s
2066-Mar-09 19:39 0.282363 AU
42240925 km
5.09 km/s
2066-Nov-25 13:53 0.245242 AU
36687633 km
12.18 km/s
2075-May-17 13:09 0.146465 AU
21910926 km
5.34 km/s
2075-Nov-11 12:54 0.110847 AU
16582506 km
5.06 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
24.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.38377
Condition
3
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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