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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 XD2

2016 XD2

2016 XD2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.846 AU and a period of 0.78 yr.

Aten Observations: 127
Orbital Period · P
0.78 yr
v(q)
42.1 km/s
v(Q)
24.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
6.92
Eccentricity · e
0.2571

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.629 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.064 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.435 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.846 AU gives an orbital period of 0.78 yr, or about 284 days.

An eccentricity of 0.257 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 8.28° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.9 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 = 24.04 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 127 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4628 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
0.8461 AU
Eccentricity
0.2571
Perihelion
0.629 AU
Aphelion
1.063632 AU
Inclination
8.28°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
285.88°

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
2027-May-14 21:37 0.384280 AU
57487421 km
13.46 km/s
2030-Aug-19 18:09 0.275901 AU
41274213 km
5.80 km/s
2030-Dec-13 14:06 0.060700 AU
9080596 km
6.63 km/s
2033-Oct-27 03:44 0.471188 AU
70488721 km
21.11 km/s
2034-May-19 09:51 0.384839 AU
57571074 km
13.54 km/s
2037-Dec-04 16:23 0.076188 AU
11397545 km
6.55 km/s
2041-May-25 16:28 0.384261 AU
57484586 km
13.59 km/s
2044-Nov-19 05:03 0.094390 AU
14120470 km
6.55 km/s
2048-Jun-03 01:24 0.381621 AU
57089641 km
13.48 km/s
2048-Dec-20 19:48 0.433877 AU
64907081 km
20.54 km/s
2051-Nov-02 02:59 0.105915 AU
15844641 km
6.80 km/s
2052-Mar-09 14:08 0.302748 AU
45290415 km
6.75 km/s
2055-Jun-15 19:55 0.374024 AU
55953202 km
13.01 km/s
2055-Dec-25 07:00 0.336050 AU
50272335 km
17.36 km/s
2058-Oct-20 00:27 0.139057 AU
20802573 km
8.87 km/s
2059-Mar-29 14:37 0.338426 AU
50627781 km
9.57 km/s
2062-Jun-29 07:44 0.360220 AU
53888143 km
12.06 km/s
2062-Dec-28 08:54 0.228590 AU
34196627 km
13.88 km/s
2065-Oct-18 21:24 0.223246 AU
33397063 km
12.44 km/s
2066-Apr-15 18:50 0.363213 AU
54335848 km
11.57 km/s
2069-Jul-15 12:30 0.337689 AU
50517551 km
10.45 km/s
2069-Dec-29 14:38 0.117588 AU
17590970 km
10.23 km/s
2072-Oct-21 06:40 0.317251 AU
47460114 km
15.85 km/s
2073-Apr-29 06:28 0.376430 AU
56313158 km
12.72 km/s
2076-Jul-30 19:11 0.311199 AU
46554776 km
8.55 km/s
2076-Dec-25 16:41 0.048640 AU
7276428 km
7.71 km/s
2079-Oct-24 20:57 0.395786 AU
59208700 km
18.57 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
24.04

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46285
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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