Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.026 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.331 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.305 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.178 AU gives an orbital period of 1.28 yr, or about 467 days.
An eccentricity of 0.13 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 3.95° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.1 km/s at aphelion.
Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.
Size and surface
No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 26.16 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 47 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5913 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2028-May-05 22:53 | 0.229914 AU 34394598 km |
3.28 km/s |
| 2032-Sep-16 23:43 | 0.255894 AU 38281255 km |
4.28 km/s |
| 2037-Jun-19 19:55 | 0.296934 AU 44420699 km |
5.07 km/s |
| 2042-Jan-21 12:39 | 0.111429 AU 16669544 km |
4.18 km/s |
| 2046-Jul-21 06:56 | 0.316592 AU 47361466 km |
5.54 km/s |
| 2051-Jan-27 23:00 | 0.104311 AU 15604750 km |
3.46 km/s |
| 2055-Aug-21 23:06 | 0.296399 AU 44340659 km |
5.20 km/s |
| 2060-May-23 16:22 | 0.261615 AU 39136994 km |
4.10 km/s |
| 2064-Oct-04 13:00 | 0.226844 AU 33935371 km |
3.48 km/s |
| 2069-Jul-02 14:29 | 0.308450 AU 46143514 km |
5.34 km/s |
| 2074-Jan-23 07:45 | 0.035425 AU 5299507 km |
2.46 km/s |
| 2078-Jul-30 20:38 | 0.311709 AU 46631023 km |
5.55 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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