Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.776 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.312 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.536 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.044 AU gives an orbital period of 1.07 yr, or about 390 days.
An eccentricity of 0.257 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
The orbital plane is tilted 14.34° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.4 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 = 27.16 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 32 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4301 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2037-Feb-16 12:35 | 0.404874 AU 60568310 km |
22.40 km/s |
| 2038-Mar-05 02:08 | 0.007757 AU 1160468 km |
11.33 km/s |
| 2039-Jan-29 23:02 | 0.340520 AU 50941024 km |
8.00 km/s |
| 2039-May-26 04:45 | 0.320388 AU 47929390 km |
8.33 km/s |
| 2039-Nov-29 19:11 | 0.425152 AU 63601845 km |
7.65 km/s |
| 2040-Aug-29 03:17 | 0.148706 AU 22246113 km |
8.49 km/s |
| 2041-Sep-25 19:18 | 0.204962 AU 30661863 km |
16.73 km/s |
| 2054-Feb-19 18:01 | 0.182213 AU 27258730 km |
20.37 km/s |
| 2055-Mar-06 22:48 | 0.007173 AU 1073111 km |
10.22 km/s |
| 2058-Sep-29 07:25 | 0.195785 AU 29289003 km |
18.63 km/s |
| 2071-Feb-25 02:56 | 0.022649 AU 3388303 km |
16.88 km/s |
| 2072-Mar-07 18:09 | 0.004488 AU 671466 km |
8.07 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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