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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 RE34

2016 RE34

2016 RE34 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.489 AU it takes 1.82 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 59
Orbital Period · P
1.82 yr
v(q)
34.1 km/s
v(Q)
17.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
4.51
Eccentricity · e
0.3219

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.01 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.968 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.958 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.489 AU gives an orbital period of 1.82 yr, or about 664 days.

An eccentricity of 0.322 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.56° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.5 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 28.3 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 59 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4137 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 3 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
1.489 AU
Eccentricity
0.3219
Perihelion
1.01 AU
Aphelion
1.968309 AU
Inclination
1.56°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
131.15°

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
2036-Aug-17 03:35 0.020833 AU
3116574 km
5.15 km/s
2045-Oct-16 03:49 0.138453 AU
20712247 km
9.15 km/s
2054-Nov-03 03:36 0.424383 AU
63486720 km
17.83 km/s
2065-Jul-10 20:17 0.350789 AU
52477323 km
15.66 km/s
2065-Dec-04 04:06 0.464989 AU
69561410 km
5.41 km/s
2074-Jul-31 16:01 0.083198 AU
12446294 km
7.58 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
28.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.41366
Condition
3
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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