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NASA JPL SBDB · 462775

462775

462775 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.287 AU it takes 1.46 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 384
Orbital Period · P
1.46 yr
v(q)
33.3 km/s
v(Q)
20.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.47 km
TJ
4.94
Eccentricity · e
0.2343

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.985 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.589 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.604 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.287 AU gives an orbital period of 1.46 yr, or about 533 days.

An eccentricity of 0.234 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 21.91° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.7 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

The measured diameter is 0.58 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.028 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 384 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4414 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
1.287 AU
Eccentricity
0.2343
Perihelion
0.985 AU
Aphelion
1.588544 AU
Inclination
21.91°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
272.88°

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
0.579 km
Albedo
0.028
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
19.38

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44144
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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