Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.721 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.701 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.98 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.211 AU gives an orbital period of 1.33 yr, or about 487 days.
The high eccentricity (0.404) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
A steep inclination of 22.55° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 41.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.6 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 = 21.02 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.22 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 44 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5706 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2030-Aug-06 06:36 | 0.274955 AU 41132667 km |
22.90 km/s |
| 2034-Aug-04 23:36 | 0.301684 AU 45131308 km |
23.60 km/s |
| 2038-Aug-03 16:30 | 0.329409 AU 49278951 km |
24.31 km/s |
| 2042-Aug-02 05:48 | 0.358576 AU 53642270 km |
25.09 km/s |
| 2046-Jul-31 16:44 | 0.391035 AU 58498038 km |
25.96 km/s |
| 2050-Jul-30 01:52 | 0.424869 AU 63559536 km |
26.86 km/s |
| 2054-Jul-28 07:29 | 0.460938 AU 68955348 km |
27.86 km/s |
| 2058-Jul-26 11:00 | 0.499379 AU 74706075 km |
28.91 km/s |
| 2064-Mar-06 01:17 | 0.494711 AU 74007743 km |
29.15 km/s |
| 2068-Mar-04 04:47 | 0.453524 AU 67846201 km |
28.00 km/s |
| 2072-Mar-02 07:44 | 0.409944 AU 61326727 km |
26.79 km/s |
| 2076-Feb-29 10:29 | 0.367726 AU 55010992 km |
25.61 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
Physical Parameters
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