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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 TY

2018 TY

2018 TY is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.463 AU once every 1.77 yr.

Amor Observations: 33
Orbital Period · P
1.77 yr
v(q)
28.5 km/s
v(Q)
21.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
4.55
Eccentricity · e
0.1454

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.25 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.676 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.426 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.463 AU gives an orbital period of 1.77 yr, or about 646 days.

An eccentricity of 0.145 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 19.05° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 28.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.3 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 22.44 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.12 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 33 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3403 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
1.463 AU
Eccentricity
0.1454
Perihelion
1.25 AU
Aphelion
1.67572 AU
Inclination
19.05°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
126.54°

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
2034-Oct-29 02:55 0.390924 AU
58481391 km
9.57 km/s
2041-Oct-02 22:51 0.250449 AU
37466668 km
9.80 km/s
2057-Oct-27 08:18 0.358790 AU
53674175 km
9.63 km/s
2064-Oct-01 17:17 0.243718 AU
36459705 km
9.82 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
22.44

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.34034
Condition
6
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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