Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.023 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.285 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.262 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.154 AU gives an orbital period of 1.24 yr, or about 453 days.
An eccentricity of 0.114 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.22° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.7 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 = 28.9 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 25 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4884 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2030-Feb-27 05:14 | 0.269639 AU 40337490 km |
4.89 km/s |
| 2035-Apr-04 12:10 | 0.284059 AU 42494565 km |
5.08 km/s |
| 2040-May-12 07:54 | 0.242953 AU 36345213 km |
4.18 km/s |
| 2040-Nov-04 00:58 | 0.381258 AU 57035355 km |
13.13 km/s |
| 2045-Oct-21 21:00 | 0.104902 AU 15693096 km |
5.10 km/s |
| 2050-Aug-31 15:13 | 0.073163 AU 10945086 km |
3.99 km/s |
| 2055-Aug-11 09:49 | 0.381731 AU 57106105 km |
12.77 km/s |
| 2056-Feb-07 18:24 | 0.242084 AU 36215235 km |
4.31 km/s |
| 2061-Mar-21 08:42 | 0.283652 AU 42433715 km |
5.11 km/s |
| 2066-Nov-08 04:52 | 0.410504 AU 61410500 km |
15.32 km/s |
| 2071-Oct-25 12:57 | 0.082114 AU 12284096 km |
6.46 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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