2016 QJ10
2016 QJ10 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 2.491 AU once every 3.93 yr.
Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 1.248 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 3.734 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.486 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 2.491 AU gives an orbital period of 3.93 yr, or about 1,436 days.
The high eccentricity (0.499) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
Its inclination of 3.04° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 10.9 km/s at aphelion.
Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.
Size and surface
No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.8 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.16 km.
Observation record and orbit quality
The current orbit solution is based on 179 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5107 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 1 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
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 distance | Velocity |
|---|---|---|
| 2079-Sep-23 02:37 | 0.305199 AU 45657144 km |
3.24 km/s |
Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.
