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NASA JPL SBDB · 2018 XP3

2018 XP3

2018 XP3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.095 AU it takes 1.15 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 55
Orbital Period · P
1.15 yr
v(q)
34.9 km/s
v(Q)
23.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.1 km
TJ
5.61
Eccentricity · e
0.2002

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.876 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.314 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.438 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.095 AU gives an orbital period of 1.15 yr, or about 419 days.

An eccentricity of 0.2 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.99° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.2 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 = 22.85 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.1 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 55 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6281 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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

Semi-Major Axis
1.095 AU
Eccentricity
0.2002
Perihelion
0.876 AU
Aphelion
1.314219 AU
Inclination
16.99°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
300.3°

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
2026-Nov-26 01:43 0.161429 AU
24149481 km
9.56 km/s
2033-May-06 15:21 0.400005 AU
59839858 km
19.72 km/s
2034-Feb-25 07:43 0.456058 AU
68225343 km
6.78 km/s
2034-Nov-20 03:02 0.126525 AU
18927893 km
10.74 km/s
2041-May-13 16:59 0.267464 AU
40012022 km
16.28 km/s
2042-Feb-01 07:03 0.449066 AU
67179331 km
8.14 km/s
2042-Nov-18 22:11 0.191843 AU
28699334 km
13.18 km/s
2049-May-21 15:36 0.133170 AU
19921958 km
13.11 km/s
2050-Jan-14 00:20 0.415530 AU
62162400 km
8.98 km/s
2050-Nov-20 21:45 0.304955 AU
45620586 km
16.41 km/s
2057-May-30 05:22 0.036147 AU
5407565 km
10.79 km/s
2057-Dec-30 05:52 0.366325 AU
54801378 km
9.36 km/s
2058-Nov-24 01:31 0.419930 AU
62820639 km
19.70 km/s
2065-Jun-09 10:07 0.112135 AU
16775203 km
9.54 km/s
2065-Dec-18 02:42 0.309878 AU
46357104 km
9.43 km/s
2073-Jun-29 11:06 0.227202 AU
33988973 km
9.34 km/s
2073-Dec-05 16:03 0.234952 AU
35148329 km
9.38 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
22.85

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.62815
Condition
1
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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