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NASA JPL SBDB · 778852

778852

778852 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.177 AU it takes 1.28 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 959
Orbital Period · P
1.28 yr
v(q)
31.9 km/s
v(Q)
23.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.29 km
TJ
5.35
Eccentricity · e
0.1488

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.001 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.352 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.351 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.177 AU gives an orbital period of 1.28 yr, or about 466 days.

An eccentricity of 0.149 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 9.14° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 31.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.6 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

The measured diameter is 0.51 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.043 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 959 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.391 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
1.177 AU
Eccentricity
0.1488
Perihelion
1.001 AU
Aphelion
1.352138 AU
Inclination
9.14°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
139.91°

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

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

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2038-Sep-13 12:28 0.182256 AU
27265083 km
6.74 km/s
2047-Jul-15 21:43 0.181259 AU
27116019 km
9.26 km/s
2061-Aug-11 00:07 0.065903 AU
9858979 km
5.20 km/s

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

Physical Parameters

Diameter
0.511 km
Albedo
0.043
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
20.47

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.39097
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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