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NASA JPL SBDB · 2016 YC8

2016 YC8

2016 YC8 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.086 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 88
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
35.9 km/s
v(Q)
22.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.68
Eccentricity · e
0.2237

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.843 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.329 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.486 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.086 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 413 days.

An eccentricity of 0.224 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.06° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.8 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 = 24.6 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.04 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 88 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4491 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 3 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
1.086 AU
Eccentricity
0.2237
Perihelion
0.843 AU
Aphelion
1.328938 AU
Inclination
6.06°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
52.16°

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
2034-Jan-10 18:40 0.108080 AU
16168612 km
10.34 km/s
2034-Oct-08 16:49 0.350510 AU
52435568 km
7.06 km/s
2035-Jul-10 23:37 0.118342 AU
17703771 km
10.41 km/s
2042-Dec-15 10:06 0.228521 AU
34186184 km
4.90 km/s
2043-Mar-22 11:42 0.176394 AU
26388217 km
6.02 km/s
2043-Aug-27 04:30 0.285049 AU
42642749 km
6.02 km/s
2044-Jul-25 09:08 0.453452 AU
67835504 km
20.10 km/s
2051-Jan-04 17:00 0.245972 AU
36796831 km
14.37 km/s
2051-Oct-24 11:24 0.344597 AU
51551039 km
6.94 km/s
2052-Jul-04 03:49 0.029458 AU
4406880 km
6.87 km/s
2060-Jan-22 07:26 0.059713 AU
8932873 km
5.75 km/s
2060-Sep-18 08:03 0.334493 AU
50039427 km
6.80 km/s
2061-Jul-17 20:35 0.287049 AU
42941935 km
15.24 km/s
2067-Dec-28 10:45 0.408756 AU
61149003 km
19.22 km/s
2068-Nov-12 11:53 0.313340 AU
46875051 km
6.41 km/s
2069-May-20 11:36 0.159259 AU
23824816 km
5.02 km/s
2069-Jul-15 11:30 0.171867 AU
25710902 km
4.13 km/s
2077-Jan-13 10:52 0.051824 AU
7752832 km
8.74 km/s
2077-Oct-02 13:51 0.347426 AU
51974142 km
6.99 km/s
2078-Jul-13 01:00 0.165393 AU
24742402 km
11.75 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
24.6

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.4491
Condition
3
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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