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NASA JPL SBDB · 884943

884943

884943 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.374 AU it takes 1.61 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 447
Orbital Period · P
1.61 yr
v(q)
35.4 km/s
v(Q)
18.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.5 km
TJ
4.68
Eccentricity · e
0.3207

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.934 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.815 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.881 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.374 AU gives an orbital period of 1.61 yr, or about 588 days.

An eccentricity of 0.321 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 24° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.2 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 = 19.25 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.5 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 447 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.404 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
1.374 AU
Eccentricity
0.3207
Perihelion
0.934 AU
Aphelion
1.814642 AU
Inclination
24.0°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
37.86°

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
2055-Feb-13 05:34 0.176663 AU
26428370 km
13.08 km/s
2076-Feb-04 03:37 0.187258 AU
28013403 km
17.91 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
19.25

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.40402
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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