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NASA JPL SBDB · 434633

434633

434633 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.263 AU it takes 1.42 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 277
Orbital Period · P
1.42 yr
v(q)
38.4 km/s
v(Q)
18.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.26 km
TJ
4.97
Eccentricity · e
0.3554

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.814 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.712 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.898 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.263 AU gives an orbital period of 1.42 yr, or about 518 days.

An eccentricity of 0.355 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 22.88° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.3 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 0.31 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.039 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 277 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4772 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
1.263 AU
Eccentricity
0.3554
Perihelion
0.814 AU
Aphelion
1.71187 AU
Inclination
22.88°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
220.37°

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
0.31 km
Albedo
0.039
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
20.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47718
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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