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2016 UA26

2016 UA26 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.759 AU it takes 2.33 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 55
Orbital Period · P
2.33 yr
v(q)
38.2 km/s
v(Q)
13.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
3.95
Eccentricity · e
0.4859

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.904 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.614 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.71 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.759 AU gives an orbital period of 2.33 yr, or about 852 days.

The high eccentricity (0.486) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.82° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 13.2 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 = 23.85 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 55 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5665 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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

Semi-Major Axis
1.759 AU
Eccentricity
0.4859
Perihelion
0.904 AU
Aphelion
2.613698 AU
Inclination
11.82°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
67.9°

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
2030-Oct-12 17:14 0.101229 AU
15143641 km
12.53 km/s
2037-Oct-13 03:10 0.101362 AU
15163612 km
12.78 km/s
2044-Oct-15 02:10 0.108476 AU
16227734 km
13.64 km/s
2051-Oct-19 03:55 0.138124 AU
20662995 km
15.15 km/s
2058-Oct-22 15:44 0.194560 AU
29105749 km
17.09 km/s
2065-Oct-26 17:53 0.272947 AU
40832275 km
19.48 km/s
2072-Oct-31 00:20 0.362227 AU
54188456 km
22.12 km/s
2079-Nov-05 15:34 0.460377 AU
68871488 km
25.04 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
23.85

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56654
Condition
0
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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