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2016 JU28

2016 JU28 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.858 AU and a period of 0.79 yr.

Aten Observations: 17
Orbital Period · P
0.79 yr
v(q)
44.8 km/s
v(Q)
23.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.83
Eccentricity · e
0.3194

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.584 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.132 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.548 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.858 AU gives an orbital period of 0.79 yr, or about 290 days.

An eccentricity of 0.319 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.3° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 44.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 23.1 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 = 27.7 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 17 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5297 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
0.8576 AU
Eccentricity
0.3194
Perihelion
0.584 AU
Aphelion
1.131517 AU
Inclination
6.3°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
1.6°

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-Jan-28 00:49 0.366406 AU
54813606 km
12.20 km/s
2028-Aug-01 05:12 0.108618 AU
16249019 km
9.41 km/s
2032-Jan-06 01:00 0.394344 AU
58993086 km
14.30 km/s
2032-Jul-28 08:17 0.213063 AU
31873769 km
14.76 km/s
2035-May-16 02:33 0.320590 AU
47959586 km
19.39 km/s
2035-Dec-16 14:13 0.402527 AU
60217191 km
14.93 km/s
2036-Jul-21 14:46 0.369754 AU
55314467 km
20.11 km/s
2039-May-09 16:24 0.149556 AU
22373246 km
14.05 km/s
2039-Nov-26 03:26 0.385846 AU
57721721 km
14.17 km/s
2043-May-07 02:35 0.015051 AU
2251665 km
8.97 km/s
2043-Nov-04 17:46 0.351098 AU
52523522 km
12.08 km/s
2047-May-23 06:39 0.091884 AU
13745580 km
6.65 km/s
2047-Oct-13 17:43 0.311678 AU
46626404 km
9.13 km/s
2059-Aug-01 18:08 0.107768 AU
16121806 km
11.04 km/s
2063-Jul-28 15:47 0.121529 AU
18180409 km
15.49 km/s
2066-May-15 10:08 0.224420 AU
33572756 km
18.84 km/s
2067-Jul-22 00:27 0.333781 AU
49932949 km
20.56 km/s
2070-May-09 09:38 0.157843 AU
23612958 km
13.88 km/s
2070-Nov-25 13:10 0.385253 AU
57633098 km
14.08 km/s
2074-May-06 21:36 0.012983 AU
1942252 km
9.26 km/s
2074-Nov-06 09:15 0.343801 AU
51431876 km
12.26 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
27.7

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.5297
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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