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NASA JPL SBDB · 445305

445305

445305 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.306 AU it takes 1.49 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 346
Orbital Period · P
1.49 yr
v(q)
35.2 km/s
v(Q)
19.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.39 km
TJ
4.85
Eccentricity · e
0.2926

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.924 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.688 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.764 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.306 AU gives an orbital period of 1.49 yr, or about 545 days.

An eccentricity of 0.293 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 25.6° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.3 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 0.76 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.025 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 346 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4548 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
1.306 AU
Eccentricity
0.2926
Perihelion
0.924 AU
Aphelion
1.688136 AU
Inclination
25.6°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
26.78°

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
0.762 km
Albedo
0.025
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
19.81

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45482
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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