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NASA JPL SBDB · 506459

506459

506459 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.038 AU it takes 1.06 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 4,329
Orbital Period · P
1.06 yr
v(q)
33.2 km/s
v(Q)
25.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.9 km
TJ
5.83
Eccentricity · e
0.1261

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.907 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.169 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.262 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.038 AU gives an orbital period of 1.06 yr, or about 386 days.

An eccentricity of 0.126 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 23° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.8 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 = 17.97 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.9 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 4,329 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3122 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
1.038 AU
Eccentricity
0.1261
Perihelion
0.907 AU
Aphelion
1.168892 AU
Inclination
23.0°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
171.09°

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
17.97

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.31224
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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