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NASA JPL SBDB · 462736

462736

462736 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.224 AU it takes 3.32 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 227
Orbital Period · P
3.32 yr
v(q)
57.6 km/s
v(Q)
6.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
1.84 km
TJ
2.75
Eccentricity · e
0.7856

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.477 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.971 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 3.494 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.224 AU gives an orbital period of 3.32 yr, or about 1,211 days.

The high eccentricity (0.786) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 59.92° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 57.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 6.9 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 = 16.43 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 1.84 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 227 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4064 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
2.224 AU
Eccentricity
0.7856
Perihelion
0.477 AU
Aphelion
3.971174 AU
Inclination
59.92°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
5.05°

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
16.43

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40643
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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