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NASA JPL SBDB · 252558

252558

252558 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.089 AU it takes 1.14 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 305
Orbital Period · P
1.14 yr
v(q)
43.4 km/s
v(Q)
18.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.3 km
TJ
5.61
Eccentricity · e
0.3972

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.657 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.522 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.865 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.089 AU gives an orbital period of 1.14 yr, or about 415 days.

An eccentricity of 0.397 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.16° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 43.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.7 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 0.53 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.062 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 305 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6016 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
1.089 AU
Eccentricity
0.3972
Perihelion
0.657 AU
Aphelion
1.521551 AU
Inclination
7.16°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
2.84°

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 distanceVelocity
2027-Sep-26 21:55 0.184813 AU
27647695 km
16.77 km/s
2035-Sep-15 20:21 0.167876 AU
25113874 km
9.23 km/s
2050-Feb-18 22:09 0.154931 AU
23177332 km
15.52 km/s
2060-Sep-16 22:23 0.146879 AU
21972721 km
10.19 km/s
2075-Feb-19 05:30 0.157115 AU
23504018 km
15.59 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
0.533 km
Albedo
0.062
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
20.36

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.60164
Condition
0
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. 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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