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NASA JPL SBDB · 235756

235756

235756 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.133 AU it takes 1.21 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 395
Orbital Period · P
1.21 yr
v(q)
36.5 km/s
v(Q)
21.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.68 km
TJ
5.29
Eccentricity · e
0.2589

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.84 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.426 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.586 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.133 AU gives an orbital period of 1.21 yr, or about 440 days.

An eccentricity of 0.259 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 39.14° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.5 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 1.14 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.042 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 395 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5059 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
1.133 AU
Eccentricity
0.2589
Perihelion
0.84 AU
Aphelion
1.426334 AU
Inclination
39.14°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
27.92°

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
1.136 km
Albedo
0.042
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
18.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.50587
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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