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NASA JPL SBDB · 482566

482566

482566 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.205 AU it takes 1.32 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 269
Orbital Period · P
1.32 yr
v(q)
37.3 km/s
v(Q)
19.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.18 km
TJ
5.23
Eccentricity · e
0.3075

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.835 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.576 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.741 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.205 AU gives an orbital period of 1.32 yr, or about 483 days.

An eccentricity of 0.307 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.29° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.3 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 = 21.52 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.18 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 269 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.606 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
1.205 AU
Eccentricity
0.3075
Perihelion
0.835 AU
Aphelion
1.575538 AU
Inclination
4.29°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
151.97°

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
21.52

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.60605
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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