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NASA JPL SBDB · 438116

438116

438116 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.216 AU it takes 3.30 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 198
Orbital Period · P
3.30 yr
v(q)
90.9 km/s
v(Q)
4.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
1.2 km
TJ
2.79
Eccentricity · e
0.9075

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.205 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 4.227 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 4.022 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.216 AU gives an orbital period of 3.30 yr, or about 1,205 days.

The high eccentricity (0.907) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 36.51° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 90.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 4.4 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 = 17.36 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 1.2 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 198 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5642 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
2.216 AU
Eccentricity
0.9075
Perihelion
0.205 AU
Aphelion
4.22702 AU
Inclination
36.51°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
142.77°

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
17.36

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56422
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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