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NASA JPL SBDB · 790748

790748

790748 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.101 AU it takes 3.05 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 267
Orbital Period · P
3.05 yr
v(q)
42.4 km/s
v(Q)
10 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.43 km
TJ
3.41
Eccentricity · e
0.6198

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.799 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.403 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.604 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.101 AU gives an orbital period of 3.05 yr, or about 1,112 days.

The high eccentricity (0.62) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 20.29° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10 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 = 19.58 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.43 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 267 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5228 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
2.101 AU
Eccentricity
0.6198
Perihelion
0.799 AU
Aphelion
3.4032 AU
Inclination
20.29°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
147.43°

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
2031-May-26 22:19 0.158277 AU
23677912 km
15.16 km/s
2034-Jun-13 16:56 0.121478 AU
18172809 km
21.35 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
19.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52284
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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