Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.925 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.644 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.719 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.285 AU gives an orbital period of 1.46 yr, or about 532 days.
An eccentricity of 0.28 makes the orbit moderately elongated.
Its inclination of 4.02° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.7 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 = 21.13 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.21 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 383 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4923 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
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 distance | Velocity |
|---|---|---|
| 2029-Apr-30 18:09 | 0.181486 AU 27149967 km |
11.57 km/s |
| 2031-Dec-27 12:27 | 0.112695 AU 16858940 km |
9.28 km/s |
| 2048-Jan-03 15:18 | 0.057039 AU 8532958 km |
6.87 km/s |
| 2063-Dec-31 21:56 | 0.071220 AU 10654307 km |
7.69 km/s |
| 2077-Apr-29 12:35 | 0.149346 AU 22341799 km |
10.64 km/s |
| 2079-Dec-23 06:45 | 0.183990 AU 27524546 km |
11.59 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
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