Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.439 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.081 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.642 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.76 AU gives an orbital period of 0.66 yr, or about 242 days.
The high eccentricity (0.423) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
The orbital plane is tilted 5.1° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.8 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 = 25.66 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 161 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3369 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2056-Dec-21 08:25 | 0.177256 AU 26517060 km |
15.57 km/s |
| 2058-Dec-20 20:22 | 0.119809 AU 17923127 km |
13.26 km/s |
| 2060-Dec-21 02:28 | 0.082586 AU 12354740 km |
11.18 km/s |
| 2062-Dec-25 16:17 | 0.080151 AU 11990476 km |
9.61 km/s |
| 2065-Jan-02 16:18 | 0.097458 AU 14579572 km |
8.87 km/s |
| 2067-Jan-14 02:57 | 0.109069 AU 16316512 km |
8.74 km/s |
| 2069-Jan-24 19:51 | 0.105809 AU 15828833 km |
8.73 km/s |
| 2071-Feb-05 02:06 | 0.085954 AU 12858505 km |
8.81 km/s |
| 2073-Feb-13 03:21 | 0.050876 AU 7610894 km |
9.31 km/s |
| 2075-Feb-18 05:17 | 0.007877 AU 1178432 km |
10.43 km/s |
| 2077-Feb-18 11:48 | 0.008125 AU 1215516 km |
10.88 km/s |
| 2079-Feb-20 02:21 | 0.063309 AU 9470940 km |
12.62 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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