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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 RT

2016 RT

2016 RT is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.977 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 39
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
33.1 km/s
v(Q)
27.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
6.01
Eccentricity · e
0.0946

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.885 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.07 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.185 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.977 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 353 days.

With e = 0.095, the orbit is close to circular.

A steep inclination of 37.94° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.4 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 = 24.4 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.05 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 39 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4562 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 8 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
0.9771 AU
Eccentricity
0.0946
Perihelion
0.885 AU
Aphelion
1.069534 AU
Inclination
37.94°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2457634.5
Mean Anomaly
202.14°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
24.4

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45624
Condition
8
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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