Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.867 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.167 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.3 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.017 AU gives an orbital period of 1.03 yr, or about 375 days.
An eccentricity of 0.147 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
The orbital plane is tilted 13.35° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.5 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 = 24.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 97 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3388 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2055-Oct-13 07:05 | 0.497862 AU 74479042 km |
19.09 km/s |
| 2056-Oct-16 15:23 | 0.351824 AU 52632140 km |
14.75 km/s |
| 2057-Oct-17 19:11 | 0.214443 AU 32080289 km |
10.85 km/s |
| 2058-Oct-12 10:16 | 0.112806 AU 16875554 km |
8.17 km/s |
| 2059-Sep-28 20:09 | 0.119617 AU 17894501 km |
7.32 km/s |
| 2060-Feb-11 12:07 | 0.203494 AU 30442303 km |
7.79 km/s |
| 2060-Sep-08 07:41 | 0.191038 AU 28578835 km |
7.26 km/s |
| 2061-Mar-15 06:46 | 0.121109 AU 18117649 km |
8.05 km/s |
| 2061-Aug-11 11:38 | 0.254581 AU 38084838 km |
6.59 km/s |
| 2062-Apr-09 03:00 | 0.104172 AU 15583847 km |
8.60 km/s |
| 2063-Apr-29 01:37 | 0.203995 AU 30517189 km |
10.74 km/s |
| 2064-May-13 12:28 | 0.337821 AU 50537259 km |
14.14 km/s |
| 2065-May-25 19:57 | 0.479940 AU 71798042 km |
18.11 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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