2016 XG
2016 XG belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.508 AU it takes 1.85 yr to circle the Sun.
Orbit and dynamics
The path is an ellipse reaching 0.847 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.169 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.322 AU.
Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.508 AU gives an orbital period of 1.85 yr, or about 676 days.
The high eccentricity (0.439) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.
The orbital plane is tilted 7.87° relative to the ecliptic.
By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 38.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.2 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 = 28.4 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 29 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.383 arcseconds.
Condition code U = 7 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
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.
