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NASA JPL SBDB · 234145

234145

234145 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.938 AU and a period of 0.91 yr.

Aten Observations: 410
Orbital Period · P
0.91 yr
v(q)
42.9 km/s
v(Q)
22 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.17 km
TJ
6.35
Eccentricity · e
0.3213

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.636 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.239 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.603 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.938 AU gives an orbital period of 0.91 yr, or about 332 days.

An eccentricity of 0.321 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.43° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22 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

The measured diameter is 0.34 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.045 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 410 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5279 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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

Semi-Major Axis
0.9376 AU
Eccentricity
0.3213
Perihelion
0.636 AU
Aphelion
1.238851 AU
Inclination
5.43°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
225.92°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
0.344 km
Albedo
0.045
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
21.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52789
Condition
0
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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.

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