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2016 CX247

2016 CX247 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.957 AU and a period of 0.94 yr.

Aten Observations: 31
Orbital Period · P
0.94 yr
v(q)
47.1 km/s
v(Q)
19.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.11 km
TJ
6.18
Eccentricity · e
0.4106

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.564 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.35 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.786 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.957 AU gives an orbital period of 0.94 yr, or about 342 days.

The high eccentricity (0.411) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.51° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 47.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.7 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 = 22.6 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.11 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 31 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4824 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.9571 AU
Eccentricity
0.4106
Perihelion
0.564 AU
Aphelion
1.350085 AU
Inclination
17.51°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
153.61°

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
2029-Jan-09 15:22 0.330665 AU
49466766 km
18.92 km/s
2030-Jan-21 12:00 0.291116 AU
43550344 km
11.69 km/s
2030-Oct-01 22:59 0.428927 AU
64166529 km
19.22 km/s
2031-Feb-21 00:13 0.356581 AU
53343816 km
12.69 km/s
2031-Aug-23 23:01 0.446884 AU
66852935 km
20.76 km/s
2032-Mar-18 23:00 0.333766 AU
49930673 km
12.41 km/s
2032-Jul-12 06:23 0.429201 AU
64207541 km
16.13 km/s
2033-Apr-17 05:30 0.249488 AU
37322801 km
12.83 km/s
2034-Apr-13 18:16 0.412556 AU
61717428 km
22.89 km/s
2044-Jan-08 01:03 0.277630 AU
41532794 km
15.56 km/s
2044-Nov-04 06:39 0.389860 AU
58322288 km
13.75 km/s
2045-Jan-31 01:57 0.317669 AU
47522532 km
12.01 km/s
2045-Sep-20 04:11 0.437159 AU
65397988 km
20.29 km/s
2046-Feb-28 10:29 0.359847 AU
53832385 km
12.75 km/s
2046-Aug-12 16:05 0.446549 AU
66802737 km
20.14 km/s
2047-Mar-28 01:41 0.311467 AU
46594737 km
12.13 km/s
2047-Jun-27 16:03 0.409897 AU
61319655 km
13.12 km/s
2048-Apr-19 12:22 0.258115 AU
38613514 km
15.04 km/s
2049-Apr-09 17:55 0.497411 AU
74411589 km
26.09 km/s
2058-Jan-15 10:06 0.440255 AU
65861271 km
23.76 km/s
2059-Jan-09 13:02 0.262321 AU
39242713 km
12.76 km/s
2059-Oct-20 11:22 0.410827 AU
61458773 km
16.67 km/s
2060-Feb-09 21:24 0.339099 AU
50728498 km
12.37 km/s
2060-Sep-08 10:37 0.442720 AU
66229933 km
20.84 km/s
2061-Mar-08 00:25 0.354824 AU
53080989 km
12.68 km/s
2061-Jul-31 10:58 0.442707 AU
66228056 km
18.95 km/s
2062-Apr-06 01:13 0.283057 AU
42344696 km
11.90 km/s
2063-Apr-19 00:30 0.303348 AU
45380287 km
18.08 km/s
2073-Jan-11 12:06 0.363155 AU
54327167 km
20.52 km/s
2074-Jan-17 01:24 0.278355 AU
41641276 km
11.72 km/s
2074-Oct-07 20:37 0.424122 AU
63447694 km
18.54 km/s
2075-Feb-17 12:36 0.352466 AU
52728183 km
12.62 km/s
2075-Aug-29 11:48 0.446019 AU
66723555 km
20.91 km/s
2076-Mar-15 09:00 0.342645 AU
51259013 km
12.52 km/s
2076-Jul-19 01:07 0.434809 AU
65046501 km
17.24 km/s
2077-Apr-14 10:07 0.257420 AU
38509473 km
12.21 km/s
2078-Apr-15 20:42 0.372858 AU
55778757 km
21.25 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
22.6

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48244
Condition
2
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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