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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 XR169

2015 XR169

2015 XR169 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.216 AU it takes 1.34 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 32
Orbital Period · P
1.34 yr
v(q)
38.8 km/s
v(Q)
18.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.19
Eccentricity · e
0.3463

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.795 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.637 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.842 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.216 AU gives an orbital period of 1.34 yr, or about 490 days.

An eccentricity of 0.346 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 0.04° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.8 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 = 28.7 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 32 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.7225 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
1.216 AU
Eccentricity
0.3463
Perihelion
0.795 AU
Aphelion
1.637101 AU
Inclination
0.04°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
256.79°

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
2027-Nov-06 10:10 0.334567 AU
50050438 km
6.80 km/s
2031-Oct-24 00:55 0.410261 AU
61374186 km
8.14 km/s
2040-May-21 09:13 0.015672 AU
2344481 km
11.16 km/s
2044-May-29 06:37 0.156489 AU
23410476 km
15.19 km/s
2048-Jun-05 04:00 0.215024 AU
32167096 km
19.11 km/s
2052-Jun-11 21:01 0.279799 AU
41857288 km
23.09 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
28.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.72249
Condition
7
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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