Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.728 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.958 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.23 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.843 AU gives an orbital period of 2.50 yr, or about 914 days.
The high eccentricity (0.605) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
The orbital plane is tilted 7.49° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10.9 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 = 21.97 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 137 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4096 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2029-Feb-05 14:02 | 0.027279 AU 4080846 km |
15.64 km/s |
| 2034-Feb-03 17:18 | 0.050993 AU 7628396 km |
14.93 km/s |
| 2039-Jan-29 09:19 | 0.102655 AU 15356941 km |
13.50 km/s |
| 2044-Jan-21 17:48 | 0.153015 AU 22890706 km |
12.46 km/s |
| 2049-Jan-06 10:09 | 0.210036 AU 31420998 km |
12.49 km/s |
| 2053-Dec-21 01:43 | 0.252729 AU 37807723 km |
13.54 km/s |
| 2058-Dec-06 19:29 | 0.273145 AU 40861927 km |
14.15 km/s |
| 2063-Nov-24 06:34 | 0.278614 AU 41680059 km |
14.14 km/s |
| 2068-Nov-10 00:27 | 0.270929 AU 40530415 km |
13.56 km/s |
| 2073-Oct-27 02:59 | 0.250458 AU 37468039 km |
12.51 km/s |
| 2078-Oct-11 07:19 | 0.214149 AU 32036298 km |
11.55 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
Physical Parameters
Orbit Quality
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