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Itokawa

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Apollo PHA Discovered: 1998-09-19 Observations: 1,025

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
1.324 AU
Eccentricity
0.2802
Perihelion
0.953 AU
Aphelion
1.694985 AU
Inclination
1.62°
Orbital Period
1.5222 yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
170.65°

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.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
0.33 km
Albedo
—
Density
1.9 g/cm³
Rotation Period
12.132 h
Absolute Magnitude
19.26

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.37455
Condition
0
Orbit ID
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