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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 WW1

2018 WW1

2018 WW1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.047 AU it takes 1.07 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 54
Orbital Period · P
1.07 yr
v(q)
33.9 km/s
v(Q)
25 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.82
Eccentricity · e
0.1519

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.888 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.206 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.318 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.047 AU gives an orbital period of 1.07 yr, or about 391 days.

An eccentricity of 0.152 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.24° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25 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 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 54 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3988 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
1.047 AU
Eccentricity
0.1519
Perihelion
0.888 AU
Aphelion
1.206039 AU
Inclination
17.24°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
90.74°

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
2031-May-08 09:55 0.294916 AU
44118872 km
18.38 km/s
2032-May-30 21:53 0.051379 AU
7686169 km
9.50 km/s
2033-Nov-24 04:30 0.065301 AU
9768907 km
10.87 km/s
2046-May-15 08:41 0.137187 AU
20522863 km
14.72 km/s
2048-Nov-25 17:58 0.132572 AU
19832431 km
14.08 km/s
2061-May-23 12:30 0.032440 AU
4852936 km
11.30 km/s
2062-Nov-26 17:41 0.069502 AU
10397417 km
9.33 km/s
2063-Nov-30 12:19 0.319335 AU
47771783 km
17.93 km/s
2075-May-06 01:28 0.410761 AU
61449039 km
19.82 km/s
2076-May-27 14:24 0.020128 AU
3011076 km
10.11 km/s
2077-Nov-24 14:35 0.063217 AU
9457083 km
10.11 km/s
2078-Dec-02 11:51 0.319897 AU
47855963 km
20.07 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
25.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.39882
Condition
7
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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