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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 EP84

2016 EP84

2016 EP84 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.191 AU it takes 1.30 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 58
Orbital Period · P
1.30 yr
v(q)
32.5 km/s
v(Q)
22.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.31
Eccentricity · e
0.1734

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.984 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.398 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.414 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.191 AU gives an orbital period of 1.30 yr, or about 475 days.

An eccentricity of 0.173 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 0.82° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.9 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 = 27.4 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 58 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3893 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 4 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
1.191 AU
Eccentricity
0.1734
Perihelion
0.984 AU
Aphelion
1.397519 AU
Inclination
0.82°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
353.59°

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-03 08:23 0.011271 AU
1686146 km
2.84 km/s
2033-Aug-22 11:33 0.333281 AU
49858199 km
5.88 km/s
2037-Nov-28 18:02 0.306474 AU
45847809 km
14.70 km/s
2043-Mar-19 17:34 0.069934 AU
10461933 km
9.03 km/s
2056-Sep-06 14:47 0.303260 AU
45367107 km
5.43 km/s
2057-Apr-03 07:34 0.395727 AU
59199878 km
16.72 km/s
2061-Jul-01 03:21 0.332748 AU
49778339 km
5.67 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
27.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.38928
Condition
4
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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