Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.466 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 4.038 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 3.572 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.252 AU gives an orbital period of 3.38 yr, or about 1,234 days.
The high eccentricity (0.793) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
The orbital plane is tilted 5.3° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 58.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 6.7 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 = 19.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.47 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 141 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5393 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2035-Nov-08 16:41 | 0.249681 AU 37351818 km |
31.84 km/s |
| 2039-Jun-27 22:22 | 0.363759 AU 54417624 km |
35.42 km/s |
| 2052-Nov-05 13:43 | 0.286814 AU 42906692 km |
33.20 km/s |
| 2056-Jun-22 11:43 | 0.262233 AU 39229504 km |
32.37 km/s |
| 2063-Mar-20 05:29 | 0.491524 AU 73530889 km |
25.43 km/s |
| 2069-Nov-27 23:22 | 0.148240 AU 22176387 km |
20.99 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
Physical Parameters
Orbit Quality
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