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NASA JPL SBDB · 796478

796478

796478 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.386 AU it takes 1.63 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 272
Orbital Period · P
1.63 yr
v(q)
35.6 km/s
v(Q)
18 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.39 km
TJ
4.69
Eccentricity · e
0.3285

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.93 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.841 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.911 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.386 AU gives an orbital period of 1.63 yr, or about 596 days.

An eccentricity of 0.329 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 15.81° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18 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 = 19.78 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.39 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 272 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4474 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
1.386 AU
Eccentricity
0.3285
Perihelion
0.93 AU
Aphelion
1.841301 AU
Inclination
15.81°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
98.76°

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
2040-Jul-05 03:54 0.100313 AU
15006567 km
10.51 km/s
2053-Nov-17 13:26 0.198849 AU
29747359 km
10.63 km/s
2071-Jul-02 14:29 0.100620 AU
15052511 km
12.27 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
19.78

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44742
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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