Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.812 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.234 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.422 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.023 AU gives an orbital period of 1.03 yr, or about 378 days.
An eccentricity of 0.206 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.8° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.9 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 = 27.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 55 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4235 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 5 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2042-Oct-26 09:23 | 0.474553 AU 70992141 km |
20.61 km/s |
| 2043-Nov-05 08:10 | 0.267282 AU 39984746 km |
14.37 km/s |
| 2044-Nov-14 04:52 | 0.056404 AU 8437956 km |
8.06 km/s |
| 2045-Oct-29 12:31 | 0.117806 AU 17623543 km |
3.55 km/s |
| 2045-Dec-23 13:19 | 0.115389 AU 17261907 km |
4.10 km/s |
| 2046-Sep-11 15:02 | 0.211131 AU 31584713 km |
5.35 km/s |
| 2047-Feb-19 04:46 | 0.178336 AU 26678719 km |
6.17 km/s |
| 2047-Aug-08 04:14 | 0.215171 AU 32189078 km |
5.37 km/s |
| 2048-Apr-14 15:39 | 0.132694 AU 19850721 km |
4.36 km/s |
| 2048-Jun-23 06:21 | 0.137219 AU 20527645 km |
3.79 km/s |
| 2049-May-30 22:00 | 0.043116 AU 6449994 km |
7.35 km/s |
| 2050-Jun-09 23:13 | 0.259227 AU 38779870 km |
13.56 km/s |
| 2051-Jun-19 23:46 | 0.469346 AU 70213237 km |
19.78 km/s |
| 2073-Nov-03 21:34 | 0.229382 AU 34314997 km |
15.35 km/s |
| 2074-Nov-14 02:48 | 0.008268 AU 1236913 km |
8.82 km/s |
| 2079-Jun-01 05:41 | 0.006156 AU 920922 km |
7.86 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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