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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 EF156

2016 EF156

2016 EF156 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.951 AU and a period of 0.93 yr.

Aten Observations: 90
Orbital Period · P
0.93 yr
v(q)
49.6 km/s
v(Q)
18.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
6.18
Eccentricity · e
0.4504

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.523 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.379 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.856 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.951 AU gives an orbital period of 0.93 yr, or about 339 days.

The high eccentricity (0.45) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 22.08° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.6 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 = 24.7 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 90 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4631 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
0.9511 AU
Eccentricity
0.4504
Perihelion
0.523 AU
Aphelion
1.379475 AU
Inclination
22.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
297.1°

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
2028-Mar-08 08:07 0.255152 AU
38170131 km
12.98 km/s
2029-Mar-15 13:43 0.018526 AU
2771376 km
19.38 km/s
2030-Feb-27 13:48 0.385102 AU
57610437 km
31.78 km/s
2041-Mar-16 09:01 0.095855 AU
14339729 km
13.37 km/s
2042-Mar-11 22:28 0.025071 AU
3750606 km
22.58 km/s
2054-Mar-19 07:23 0.029486 AU
4411111 km
14.98 km/s
2055-Mar-07 18:17 0.067656 AU
10121234 km
25.98 km/s
2067-Mar-18 22:49 0.018652 AU
2790295 km
16.56 km/s
2079-Mar-02 15:27 0.312607 AU
46765287 km
13.08 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
24.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46313
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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