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NASA JPL SBDB · 2007 CM26

2007 CM26

2007 CM26 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.943 AU and a period of 0.92 yr.

Aten Observations: 36
Orbital Period · P
0.92 yr
v(q)
36.8 km/s
v(Q)
25.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.35
Eccentricity · e
0.1795

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.773 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.112 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.339 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.943 AU gives an orbital period of 0.92 yr, or about 334 days.

An eccentricity of 0.179 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.09° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.6 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 = 25.1 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 36 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5952 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
0.9426 AU
Eccentricity
0.1795
Perihelion
0.773 AU
Aphelion
1.111797 AU
Inclination
7.09°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
258.13°

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-Nov-27 04:36 0.459618 AU
68757907 km
19.37 km/s
2027-Oct-20 05:36 0.145440 AU
21757441 km
4.38 km/s
2027-Dec-06 03:39 0.140391 AU
21002199 km
4.63 km/s
2028-Jun-30 08:43 0.250160 AU
37423355 km
7.95 km/s
2029-Mar-11 19:00 0.133587 AU
19984301 km
9.48 km/s
2037-Nov-23 07:11 0.370012 AU
55352950 km
16.44 km/s
2038-Sep-18 17:48 0.184509 AU
27602086 km
6.21 km/s
2039-Jan-05 16:42 0.147386 AU
22048655 km
5.49 km/s
2039-Jun-12 04:25 0.242359 AU
36256341 km
7.02 km/s
2040-Mar-09 17:57 0.227390 AU
34017017 km
12.48 km/s
2048-Nov-17 00:42 0.238390 AU
35662679 km
11.97 km/s
2049-Aug-19 07:01 0.223803 AU
33480460 km
7.80 km/s
2050-Feb-07 21:10 0.116598 AU
17442878 km
5.56 km/s
2051-Mar-05 20:34 0.369044 AU
55208267 km
16.93 km/s
2059-Nov-12 04:35 0.140992 AU
21092076 km
7.87 km/s
2060-Jul-26 19:37 0.243616 AU
36444453 km
8.31 km/s
2061-Mar-05 10:23 0.064952 AU
9716650 km
5.91 km/s
2062-Mar-01 04:37 0.488875 AU
73134639 km
20.69 km/s
2070-Nov-09 14:01 0.121921 AU
18239136 km
5.68 km/s
2071-Jul-16 04:58 0.248478 AU
37171745 km
8.31 km/s
2072-Mar-10 19:21 0.073440 AU
10986424 km
7.18 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
25.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.59521
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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