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NASA JPL SBDB · 481918

481918

481918 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.51 AU it takes 3.98 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 161
Orbital Period · P
3.98 yr
v(q)
61.7 km/s
v(Q)
5.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.81 km
TJ
2.8
Eccentricity · e
0.8303

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.426 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 4.594 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 4.168 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.51 AU gives an orbital period of 3.98 yr, or about 1,452 days.

The high eccentricity (0.83) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 20.99° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 61.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 5.7 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 = 18.2 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.81 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 161 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4912 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
2.51 AU
Eccentricity
0.8303
Perihelion
0.426 AU
Aphelion
4.594053 AU
Inclination
20.99°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
103.13°

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
18.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.49122
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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