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NASA JPL SBDB · 2026 EE

2026 EE

2026 EE belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.083 AU it takes 1.13 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 58
Orbital Period · P
1.13 yr
v(q)
36 km/s
v(Q)
22.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.04 km
TJ
5.63
Eccentricity · e
0.2249

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.84 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.327 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.487 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.083 AU gives an orbital period of 1.13 yr, or about 412 days.

An eccentricity of 0.225 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 21.74° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36 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 = 24.74 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 58 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4206 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
1.083 AU
Eccentricity
0.2249
Perihelion
0.84 AU
Aphelion
1.326567 AU
Inclination
21.74°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
25.34°

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-Sep-07 03:51 0.123417 AU
18462914 km
15.41 km/s
2035-Mar-09 11:25 0.077462 AU
11588162 km
11.69 km/s
2061-Feb-26 00:47 0.013944 AU
2086027 km
17.16 km/s
2062-Sep-02 03:16 0.026216 AU
3921811 km
12.27 km/s
2070-Mar-02 14:00 0.010725 AU
1604490 km
14.71 km/s
2071-Sep-04 23:43 0.032396 AU
4846314 km
13.90 km/s
2079-Mar-06 16:44 0.015087 AU
2256966 km
12.82 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
24.74

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.42063
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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