Asteroid
Near-Earth
Potentially hazardous
Mithra
4486 Mithra (1987 SB)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.751 AU
- True anomaly
- 5.07°
- As of
- 29 August 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 2.205 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6598
- Inclination
- 3.03°
- Orbital period
- 3.27 years
- Perihelion
- 0.75 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.66 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 82.16°
- Argument of periapsis
- 169.3°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.92 km
- Rotation period
- 2.81 days
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.297
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.62
- Spectral type
- APO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Named
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid