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NASA JPL SBDB · 791223

791223

791223 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.971 AU and a period of 0.96 yr.

Aten Observations: 229
Orbital Period · P
0.96 yr
v(q)
66.1 km/s
v(Q)
13.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.2 km
TJ
6
Eccentricity · e
0.6539

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.336 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.605 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.269 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.971 AU gives an orbital period of 0.96 yr, or about 349 days.

The high eccentricity (0.654) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 12.08° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 66.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 13.8 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 = 21.2 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 229 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4835 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
0.9707 AU
Eccentricity
0.6539
Perihelion
0.336 AU
Aphelion
1.605441 AU
Inclination
12.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
64.77°

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
2028-Dec-27 10:01 0.189342 AU
28325150 km
20.50 km/s
2040-Sep-30 19:04 0.199405 AU
29830503 km
26.57 km/s
2041-Sep-23 19:40 0.127422 AU
19062011 km
19.22 km/s
2050-Dec-27 22:39 0.189017 AU
28276573 km
20.67 km/s
2062-Oct-01 05:51 0.194807 AU
29142751 km
26.41 km/s
2063-Sep-24 09:07 0.130407 AU
19508536 km
19.09 km/s
2072-Dec-27 11:04 0.188866 AU
28253985 km
20.83 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
21.2

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48355
Condition
1
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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