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NASA JPL SBDB · 523818

523818

523818 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.206 AU once every 1.32 yr.

Amor Observations: 150
Orbital Period · P
1.32 yr
v(q)
31.1 km/s
v(Q)
23.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.2 km
TJ
5.24
Eccentricity · e
0.137

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.041 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.371 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.33 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.206 AU gives an orbital period of 1.32 yr, or about 484 days.

An eccentricity of 0.137 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.86° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.6 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.2 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 150 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6428 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
1.206 AU
Eccentricity
0.137
Perihelion
1.041 AU
Aphelion
1.371222 AU
Inclination
13.86°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
100.52°

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

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2043-Apr-04 18:17 0.084904 AU
12701466 km
7.51 km/s
2047-Mar-31 15:38 0.072977 AU
10917168 km
7.96 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
21.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.64278
Condition
0
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. 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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