Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.115 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.281 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.166 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.198 AU gives an orbital period of 1.31 yr, or about 479 days.
With e = 0.069, the orbit is close to circular.
Its inclination of 3.88° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 29.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.4 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 = 24.53 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 41 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6331 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2027-Oct-25 00:58 | 0.278685 AU 41690691 km |
4.71 km/s |
| 2031-Dec-17 01:03 | 0.297230 AU 44464961 km |
4.76 km/s |
| 2036-Feb-17 13:24 | 0.228289 AU 34151599 km |
3.33 km/s |
| 2040-May-22 11:35 | 0.116552 AU 17435869 km |
1.52 km/s |
| 2044-Sep-13 16:19 | 0.226327 AU 33857988 km |
3.61 km/s |
| 2048-Nov-10 23:26 | 0.292957 AU 43825813 km |
4.90 km/s |
| 2053-Jan-04 05:06 | 0.285430 AU 42699742 km |
4.41 km/s |
| 2057-Mar-16 20:22 | 0.181054 AU 27085328 km |
2.70 km/s |
| 2061-Jul-13 01:27 | 0.152031 AU 22743585 km |
0.95 km/s |
| 2065-Oct-05 21:07 | 0.256174 AU 38323098 km |
4.29 km/s |
| 2069-Nov-29 21:09 | 0.299497 AU 44804098 km |
4.89 km/s |
| 2074-Jan-26 14:23 | 0.260720 AU 39003144 km |
3.91 km/s |
| 2078-Apr-20 18:52 | 0.128240 AU 19184437 km |
2.11 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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