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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 AZ165

2016 AZ165

2016 AZ165 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.337 AU once every 1.55 yr.

Amor Observations: 87
Orbital Period · P
1.55 yr
v(q)
30.7 km/s
v(Q)
21.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.22 km
TJ
4.79
Eccentricity · e
0.1739

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.105 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.57 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.465 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.337 AU gives an orbital period of 1.55 yr, or about 565 days.

An eccentricity of 0.174 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 26.19° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 30.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.6 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.22 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 87 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4492 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
1.337 AU
Eccentricity
0.1739
Perihelion
1.105 AU
Aphelion
1.569504 AU
Inclination
26.19°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
74.78°

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
2038-Jul-07 04:15 0.335012 AU
50117145 km
16.08 km/s
2041-Jul-19 02:28 0.265340 AU
39694320 km
14.96 km/s
2055-Jul-09 15:07 0.240793 AU
36022060 km
14.90 km/s
2058-Jul-21 06:37 0.359344 AU
53757153 km
16.13 km/s
2072-Jul-10 20:59 0.162825 AU
24358280 km
14.16 km/s
2075-Jul-23 05:51 0.441854 AU
66100384 km
17.34 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
21.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.44925
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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