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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 GJ134

2016 GJ134

2016 GJ134 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.552 AU it takes 1.93 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 35
Orbital Period · P
1.93 yr
v(q)
53.5 km/s
v(Q)
10.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.07 km
TJ
4.17
Eccentricity · e
0.6675

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.516 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.588 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.072 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.552 AU gives an orbital period of 1.93 yr, or about 706 days.

The high eccentricity (0.667) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 0.86° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 53.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10.7 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 = 23.51 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.07 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 35 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6876 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
1.552 AU
Eccentricity
0.6675
Perihelion
0.516 AU
Aphelion
2.58796 AU
Inclination
0.86°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
127.94°

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
2043-Apr-09 04:41 0.404194 AU
60466528 km
32.88 km/s
2045-Mar-19 20:49 0.005216 AU
780343 km
20.53 km/s
2047-Jan-19 21:25 0.406350 AU
60789134 km
18.19 km/s
2048-Nov-30 10:13 0.468568 AU
70096845 km
23.13 km/s
2050-Sep-30 20:11 0.322926 AU
48308993 km
13.00 km/s
2052-Aug-20 10:10 0.144234 AU
21577165 km
24.89 km/s
2068-Apr-10 15:01 0.446459 AU
66789317 km
34.18 km/s
2070-Mar-18 21:20 0.029962 AU
4482258 km
19.70 km/s
2072-Jan-14 19:35 0.421594 AU
63069602 km
19.33 km/s
2073-Nov-24 05:49 0.463511 AU
69340188 km
22.61 km/s
2075-Sep-13 12:41 0.243501 AU
36427301 km
13.42 km/s
2077-Aug-15 14:48 0.249094 AU
37263975 km
28.03 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
23.51

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.68757
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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