Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.156 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.93 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.774 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.543 AU gives an orbital period of 1.92 yr, or about 700 days.
An eccentricity of 0.251 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 4.37° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.6 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 = 23.28 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 27 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3403 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2043-Jul-14 12:14 | 0.240035 AU 35908715 km |
2.73 km/s |
| 2045-Sep-13 14:14 | 0.316711 AU 47379357 km |
2.32 km/s |
| 2066-Jun-28 12:39 | 0.286403 AU 42845347 km |
1.34 km/s |
| 2068-Sep-02 03:10 | 0.272290 AU 40734002 km |
2.29 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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