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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 TR

2018 TR

2018 TR belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.058 AU it takes 1.09 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 80
Orbital Period · P
1.09 yr
v(q)
34.9 km/s
v(Q)
24 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
5.8
Eccentricity · e
0.1849

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.862 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.254 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.392 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.058 AU gives an orbital period of 1.09 yr, or about 397 days.

An eccentricity of 0.185 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.54° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24 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 = 25.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 80 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4517 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
1.058 AU
Eccentricity
0.1849
Perihelion
0.862 AU
Aphelion
1.253624 AU
Inclination
5.54°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
88.44°

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
2029-Mar-30 07:02 0.113870 AU
17034662 km
9.78 km/s
2030-Jan-20 17:59 0.277091 AU
41452164 km
6.07 km/s
2030-Aug-17 11:08 0.140992 AU
21092056 km
4.74 km/s
2031-Oct-15 17:49 0.385855 AU
57723160 km
17.78 km/s
2041-Mar-20 11:59 0.343428 AU
51376103 km
16.54 km/s
2042-Mar-04 22:58 0.186694 AU
27929073 km
4.54 km/s
2042-Jun-03 09:33 0.164469 AU
24604223 km
5.16 km/s
2042-Dec-06 07:16 0.270406 AU
40452160 km
5.88 km/s
2043-Oct-05 16:01 0.154148 AU
23060219 km
10.99 km/s
2054-Apr-04 14:19 0.016676 AU
2494756 km
6.56 km/s
2055-Jan-04 14:01 0.288801 AU
43204078 km
6.28 km/s
2055-Sep-25 00:05 0.036029 AU
5389800 km
5.44 km/s
2056-Oct-19 13:02 0.477693 AU
71461876 km
20.79 km/s
2066-Mar-21 12:55 0.286369 AU
42840123 km
15.76 km/s
2067-Feb-27 22:35 0.179346 AU
26829799 km
4.75 km/s
2067-Dec-04 15:52 0.258551 AU
38678643 km
5.83 km/s
2068-Oct-05 05:01 0.122627 AU
18344711 km
11.11 km/s
2079-Mar-31 14:07 0.044627 AU
6676094 km
9.06 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
25.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45168
Condition
5
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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