Asteroid
Near-Earth
Tara
5863 Tara (1983 RB)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.157 AU
- True anomaly
- 33°
- 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
- 2.221 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5074
- Inclination
- 19.51°
- Orbital period
- 3.31 years
- Perihelion
- 1.094 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.347 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 168.68°
- Argument of periapsis
- 115.73°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.67 km
- Rotation period
- 5.87 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.488
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.81
- Spectral type
- AMO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Named