Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.553 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.007 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.454 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.78 AU gives an orbital period of 0.69 yr, or about 252 days.
An eccentricity of 0.291 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 1.3° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25 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 = 27.2 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 54 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5391 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2034-Mar-25 18:35 | 0.145717 AU 21798934 km |
11.02 km/s |
| 2036-Feb-02 20:14 | 0.064495 AU 9648371 km |
8.29 km/s |
| 2045-Mar-22 15:31 | 0.034144 AU 5107837 km |
6.70 km/s |
| 2047-Feb-03 19:35 | 0.192386 AU 28780550 km |
12.10 km/s |
| 2056-Mar-20 12:06 | 0.011837 AU 1770772 km |
6.23 km/s |
| 2058-Feb-03 19:43 | 0.157958 AU 23630156 km |
11.63 km/s |
| 2067-Mar-26 15:40 | 0.111226 AU 16639225 km |
9.44 km/s |
| 2069-Feb-02 21:56 | 0.085608 AU 12806737 km |
8.52 km/s |
| 2078-Mar-25 21:09 | 0.157868 AU 23616698 km |
11.47 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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