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NASA JPL SBDB · 523589

523589

523589 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.69 AU it takes 4.41 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 243
Orbital Period · P
4.41 yr
v(q)
53.5 km/s
v(Q)
6.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.98 km
TJ
2.77
Eccentricity · e
0.7934

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.556 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 4.824 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 4.268 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.69 AU gives an orbital period of 4.41 yr, or about 1,611 days.

The high eccentricity (0.793) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.18° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 6.2 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 1.85 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.047 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 243 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3414 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
2.69 AU
Eccentricity
0.7934
Perihelion
0.556 AU
Aphelion
4.824246 AU
Inclination
17.18°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
268.91°

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
1.851 km
Albedo
0.047
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
17.79

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.34143
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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