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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 EG1

2016 EG1

2016 EG1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.18 AU it takes 1.28 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 19
Orbital Period · P
1.28 yr
v(q)
38 km/s
v(Q)
19.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.28
Eccentricity · e
0.3164

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.807 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.553 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.746 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.18 AU gives an orbital period of 1.28 yr, or about 468 days.

An eccentricity of 0.316 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.73° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.8 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 = 29.1 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 19 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3771 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
1.18 AU
Eccentricity
0.3164
Perihelion
0.807 AU
Aphelion
1.553352 AU
Inclination
14.73°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
315.29°

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
2030-Aug-23 04:13 0.079315 AU
11865350 km
10.24 km/s
2034-Feb-20 20:28 0.175193 AU
26208529 km
19.14 km/s
2039-Aug-27 17:27 0.160553 AU
24018408 km
8.38 km/s
2043-Feb-14 03:22 0.294474 AU
44052700 km
23.49 km/s
2053-Sep-08 11:18 0.250102 AU
37414773 km
22.46 km/s
2062-Sep-02 15:17 0.096640 AU
14457165 km
18.29 km/s
2071-Aug-29 05:39 0.076986 AU
11516937 km
15.06 km/s
2075-Mar-04 11:47 0.003256 AU
487066 km
13.01 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
29.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.37709
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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