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NASA JPL SBDB · 826941

826941

826941 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 2.336 AU it takes 3.57 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 613
Orbital Period · P
3.57 yr
v(q)
37.7 km/s
v(Q)
10.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.44 km
TJ
3.31
Eccentricity · e
0.578

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.986 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.686 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.7 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.336 AU gives an orbital period of 3.57 yr, or about 1,304 days.

The high eccentricity (0.578) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.87° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10.1 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 = 19.54 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.44 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 613 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4237 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
2.336 AU
Eccentricity
0.578
Perihelion
0.986 AU
Aphelion
3.686208 AU
Inclination
7.87°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
270.85°

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
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
19.54

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.42367
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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