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NASA JPL SBDB · 480936

480936

480936 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.26 AU it takes 1.41 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 267
Orbital Period · P
1.41 yr
v(q)
33.2 km/s
v(Q)
21.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.31 km
TJ
5.05
Eccentricity · e
0.2202

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.982 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.537 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.555 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.26 AU gives an orbital period of 1.41 yr, or about 517 days.

An eccentricity of 0.22 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.62° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.2 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 0.54 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.056 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 267 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4163 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
1.26 AU
Eccentricity
0.2202
Perihelion
0.982 AU
Aphelion
1.537452 AU
Inclination
17.62°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
86.08°

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
0.537 km
Albedo
0.056
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
20.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.41635
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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