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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 TZ93

2016 TZ93

2016 TZ93 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.105 AU it takes 1.16 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 17
Orbital Period · P
1.16 yr
v(q)
39.8 km/s
v(Q)
20.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.05 km
TJ
5.57
Eccentricity · e
0.3276

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.743 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.467 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.724 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.105 AU gives an orbital period of 1.16 yr, or about 424 days.

An eccentricity of 0.328 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.45° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.2 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 = 24.14 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 17 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5223 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 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
1.105 AU
Eccentricity
0.3276
Perihelion
0.743 AU
Aphelion
1.466998 AU
Inclination
7.45°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
195.4°

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
2029-Feb-18 07:54 0.392398 AU
58701846 km
22.63 km/s
2030-Jan-08 09:57 0.445174 AU
66597145 km
9.27 km/s
2030-Jun-23 11:17 0.284723 AU
42593925 km
10.57 km/s
2030-Oct-24 15:40 0.352340 AU
52709296 km
8.59 km/s
2037-Jan-28 02:18 0.367864 AU
55031603 km
7.73 km/s
2037-May-22 02:08 0.264308 AU
39539913 km
10.68 km/s
2037-Nov-10 16:16 0.428540 AU
64108691 km
9.65 km/s
2038-Oct-02 07:23 0.352323 AU
52706785 km
21.51 km/s
2044-Apr-15 07:34 0.182437 AU
27292124 km
8.66 km/s
2044-Nov-25 00:25 0.474231 AU
70943923 km
10.18 km/s
2045-Sep-24 00:47 0.167944 AU
25124118 km
15.76 km/s
2051-Mar-14 07:35 0.085233 AU
12750646 km
10.20 km/s
2051-Dec-08 15:51 0.494591 AU
73989777 km
10.32 km/s
2052-Sep-16 21:18 0.080930 AU
12106881 km
10.45 km/s
2058-Mar-02 16:34 0.150802 AU
22559715 km
15.32 km/s
2058-Dec-20 22:11 0.488249 AU
73041054 km
10.13 km/s
2059-Sep-21 17:34 0.173058 AU
25889075 km
6.55 km/s
2065-Feb-21 02:48 0.320235 AU
47906508 km
20.98 km/s
2066-Jan-04 01:09 0.455720 AU
68174796 km
9.53 km/s
2066-Jul-03 09:37 0.275276 AU
41180700 km
10.06 km/s
2066-Oct-18 23:32 0.312584 AU
46761873 km
8.16 km/s
2073-Jan-21 06:32 0.393155 AU
58815175 km
8.33 km/s
2073-Jun-01 11:44 0.275688 AU
41242265 km
10.89 km/s
2073-Nov-05 18:01 0.403985 AU
60435287 km
9.37 km/s
2074-Oct-05 04:59 0.404956 AU
60580594 km
23.39 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
24.14

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52231
Condition
6
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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