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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 CO29

2016 CO29

2016 CO29 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.061 AU it takes 1.09 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 72
Orbital Period · P
1.09 yr
v(q)
37.1 km/s
v(Q)
22.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.78
Eccentricity · e
0.2438

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.803 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.32 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.517 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.061 AU gives an orbital period of 1.09 yr, or about 399 days.

An eccentricity of 0.244 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 2.86° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.5 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 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 72 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4971 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
1.061 AU
Eccentricity
0.2438
Perihelion
0.803 AU
Aphelion
1.319672 AU
Inclination
2.86°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
90.2°

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-Feb-01 08:48 0.386621 AU
57837635 km
19.73 km/s
2028-Jan-29 07:21 0.178903 AU
26763525 km
4.79 km/s
2028-Apr-04 08:57 0.164839 AU
24659623 km
5.90 km/s
2028-Nov-13 11:30 0.333275 AU
49857185 km
7.56 km/s
2029-Aug-20 19:09 0.031676 AU
4738690 km
6.80 km/s
2039-Feb-06 00:17 0.271559 AU
40624656 km
16.22 km/s
2040-Jan-07 20:31 0.247084 AU
36963287 km
6.15 km/s
2040-Apr-30 23:04 0.203032 AU
30373192 km
7.32 km/s
2040-Nov-01 16:33 0.318980 AU
47718772 km
7.27 km/s
2041-Aug-26 19:23 0.062817 AU
9397245 km
9.71 km/s
2051-Feb-14 08:11 0.099294 AU
14854176 km
10.65 km/s
2051-Dec-15 00:08 0.313651 AU
46921532 km
7.29 km/s
2052-Jun-09 03:49 0.205703 AU
30772758 km
7.45 km/s
2052-Oct-08 08:13 0.265786 AU
39761003 km
6.08 km/s
2053-Sep-05 03:28 0.257603 AU
38536924 km
15.41 km/s
2062-Jan-28 01:43 0.481177 AU
71983026 km
22.68 km/s
2063-Feb-25 03:43 0.088381 AU
13221658 km
4.87 km/s
2063-Nov-23 16:25 0.337676 AU
50515624 km
7.67 km/s
2064-Aug-05 15:43 0.104884 AU
15690370 km
4.89 km/s
2065-Sep-14 02:50 0.448757 AU
67133059 km
21.46 km/s
2074-Feb-07 06:47 0.244741 AU
36612721 km
15.49 km/s
2075-Jan-02 18:12 0.264373 AU
39549644 km
6.47 km/s
2075-May-10 03:24 0.209253 AU
31303748 km
7.56 km/s
2075-Oct-28 17:58 0.311344 AU
46576382 km
7.10 km/s
2076-Aug-29 05:19 0.108044 AU
16163219 km
11.24 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
25.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.49708
Condition
6
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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