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436764

436764 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 2.019 AU once every 2.87 yr.

Amor Observations: 171

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.216 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.822 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.606 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.019 AU gives an orbital period of 2.87 yr, or about 1,048 days.

An eccentricity of 0.398 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 5.18° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 13.8 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 19.5 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 171 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3761 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
2.019 AU
Eccentricity
0.3975
Perihelion
1.216 AU
Aphelion
2.821553 AU
Inclination
5.18°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
345.08°

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
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
19.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.37609
Condition
0
Orbit ID
—