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NASA JPL SBDB · 275975

275975

275975 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.479 AU it takes 1.80 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 181
Orbital Period · P
1.80 yr
v(q)
40.5 km/s
v(Q)
14.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.45 km
TJ
4.39
Eccentricity · e
0.4641

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.792 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.165 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.373 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.479 AU gives an orbital period of 1.80 yr, or about 657 days.

The high eccentricity (0.464) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 22.03° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 14.8 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 = 19.47 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.45 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 181 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7071 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
1.479 AU
Eccentricity
0.4641
Perihelion
0.792 AU
Aphelion
2.165404 AU
Inclination
22.03°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
282.32°

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
2028-Aug-07 00:09 0.348127 AU
52079000 km
14.69 km/s
2028-Nov-16 23:24 0.441129 AU
65991890 km
12.26 km/s
2037-Jul-29 16:07 0.324195 AU
48498878 km
14.86 km/s
2037-Nov-19 15:00 0.471108 AU
70476696 km
12.36 km/s
2046-Jul-22 11:14 0.298818 AU
44702480 km
14.87 km/s
2046-Nov-22 05:22 0.498614 AU
74591534 km
12.51 km/s
2055-Jul-15 15:59 0.270747 AU
40503170 km
14.85 km/s
2064-Jul-09 02:37 0.244293 AU
36545659 km
14.83 km/s
2073-Jul-04 07:00 0.218613 AU
32704001 km
14.89 km/s

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

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
19.47

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.70709
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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