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2020 DP16

2020 DP16 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.919 AU and a period of 0.88 yr.

Aten Observations: 29
Orbital Period · P
0.88 yr
v(q)
34.3 km/s
v(Q)
28.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.41
Eccentricity · e
0.0976

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.829 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.009 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.18 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.919 AU gives an orbital period of 0.88 yr, or about 322 days.

With e = 0.098, the orbit is close to circular.

A steep inclination of 27.01° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 28.2 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 = 25.58 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 29 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4165 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

Semi-Major Axis
0.9189 AU
Eccentricity
0.0976
Perihelion
0.829 AU
Aphelion
1.008585 AU
Inclination
27.01°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
245.66°

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-Feb-17 04:08 0.197277 AU
29512177 km
15.93 km/s
2027-Aug-06 04:17 0.201253 AU
30106988 km
15.76 km/s
2028-Feb-11 12:59 0.321384 AU
48078401 km
19.31 km/s
2035-Feb-14 12:34 0.025722 AU
3847903 km
14.57 km/s
2049-Feb-17 20:10 0.152379 AU
22795574 km
18.34 km/s
2050-Feb-12 19:37 0.033971 AU
5081977 km
16.69 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
25.58

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.41655
Condition
7
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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