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2006 TL

2006 TL is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.94 AU and a period of 0.91 yr.

Aten Observations: 28
Orbital Period · P
0.91 yr
v(q)
46.8 km/s
v(Q)
20.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
6.3
Eccentricity · e
0.3975

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.567 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.314 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.747 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.94 AU gives an orbital period of 0.91 yr, or about 333 days.

An eccentricity of 0.398 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.61° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.2 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 = 23.9 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 28 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.54 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
0.9404 AU
Eccentricity
0.3975
Perihelion
0.567 AU
Aphelion
1.314209 AU
Inclination
11.61°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
113.98°

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
2026-Dec-21 11:23 0.363462 AU
54373145 km
9.74 km/s
2027-Oct-16 09:24 0.188750 AU
28236633 km
17.76 km/s
2034-Jul-11 12:06 0.479612 AU
71748896 km
25.06 km/s
2035-Jun-13 16:21 0.212843 AU
31840808 km
9.81 km/s
2036-Mar-21 21:34 0.406073 AU
60747621 km
16.51 km/s
2036-Sep-01 21:00 0.336253 AU
50302691 km
10.08 km/s
2037-Jan-20 20:04 0.421349 AU
63032849 km
15.08 km/s
2037-Oct-20 10:14 0.048251 AU
7218263 km
12.13 km/s
2045-Jun-25 01:26 0.224538 AU
33590461 km
15.09 km/s
2046-Apr-14 18:37 0.360937 AU
53995349 km
13.95 km/s
2046-Aug-12 05:53 0.344590 AU
51549990 km
9.63 km/s
2047-Feb-12 18:17 0.435724 AU
65183365 km
17.26 km/s
2047-Oct-10 08:19 0.191384 AU
28630648 km
9.49 km/s
2048-Oct-10 11:59 0.322784 AU
48287775 km
21.87 km/s
2055-Jul-05 17:48 0.369312 AU
55248267 km
21.23 km/s
2056-May-18 22:20 0.276706 AU
41394590 km
9.60 km/s
2056-Jul-05 18:04 0.287226 AU
42968330 km
7.50 km/s
2057-Mar-08 04:30 0.424247 AU
63466411 km
17.39 km/s
2057-Sep-15 05:10 0.305765 AU
45741766 km
9.98 km/s
2058-Jan-04 18:40 0.394590 AU
59029893 km
12.48 km/s
2058-Oct-18 20:56 0.109981 AU
16452924 km
15.32 km/s
2066-Jun-19 13:53 0.197085 AU
29483540 km
11.98 km/s
2067-Apr-01 10:52 0.389437 AU
58258878 km
15.60 km/s
2067-Aug-24 22:33 0.345625 AU
51704734 km
9.98 km/s
2068-Jan-31 17:46 0.430959 AU
64470540 km
16.29 km/s
2068-Oct-18 14:41 0.106077 AU
15868912 km
10.37 km/s
2069-Oct-06 10:39 0.426096 AU
63743010 km
25.09 km/s
2076-Jun-29 18:21 0.283210 AU
42367540 km
17.93 km/s
2077-Apr-28 19:13 0.327131 AU
48938095 km
12.06 km/s
2077-Jul-29 21:51 0.328485 AU
49140722 km
9.00 km/s
2078-Feb-23 21:20 0.433416 AU
64838092 km
17.61 km/s
2078-Sep-28 08:40 0.255764 AU
38261803 km
9.69 km/s
2078-Dec-13 07:42 0.345862 AU
51740189 km
8.07 km/s
2079-Oct-15 10:44 0.219901 AU
32896781 km
18.71 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
23.9

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.53998
Condition
1
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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