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NASA JPL SBDB · 706765

706765

706765 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.999 AU and a period of 1.00 yr.

Aten Observations: 153
Orbital Period · P
1.00 yr
v(q)
36.1 km/s
v(Q)
24.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.25 km
TJ
6.02
Eccentricity · e
0.1903

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.809 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.189 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.38 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.999 AU gives an orbital period of 1.00 yr, or about 364 days.

An eccentricity of 0.19 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 20.91° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.6 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 0.38 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.059 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 153 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5379 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
0.9985 AU
Eccentricity
0.1903
Perihelion
0.809 AU
Aphelion
1.188515 AU
Inclination
20.91°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
144.42°

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
0.379 km
Albedo
0.059
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
20.78

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.53787
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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