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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 UN5

2016 UN5

2016 UN5 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.548 AU it takes 1.93 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 71
Orbital Period · P
1.93 yr
v(q)
34.3 km/s
v(Q)
16.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.38
Eccentricity · e
0.3436

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.016 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.08 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.064 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.548 AU gives an orbital period of 1.93 yr, or about 703 days.

An eccentricity of 0.344 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 4.25° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 16.7 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.1 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 71 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.481 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
1.548 AU
Eccentricity
0.3436
Perihelion
1.016 AU
Aphelion
2.079893 AU
Inclination
4.25°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
340.1°

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
2042-Jan-07 01:21 0.207525 AU
31045339 km
12.02 km/s
2043-Oct-25 03:10 0.084682 AU
12668291 km
8.90 km/s
2068-Dec-09 17:02 0.066020 AU
9876386 km
5.07 km/s
2070-Oct-10 10:26 0.343471 AU
51382512 km
15.36 km/s
2071-Feb-13 08:16 0.428650 AU
64125094 km
4.31 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
25.1

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48101
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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