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NASA JPL SBDB · 2026 EP1

2026 EP1

2026 EP1 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.933 AU and a period of 0.90 yr.

Aten Observations: 95
Orbital Period · P
0.90 yr
v(q)
36.4 km/s
v(Q)
26.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.39
Eccentricity · e
0.1648

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.779 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.086 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.307 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.933 AU gives an orbital period of 0.90 yr, or about 329 days.

An eccentricity of 0.165 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 13.24° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 36.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 26.1 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 = 27.04 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 95 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3953 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
0.9327 AU
Eccentricity
0.1648
Perihelion
0.779 AU
Aphelion
1.086409 AU
Inclination
13.24°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
206.88°

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
2035-Mar-09 19:11 0.025558 AU
3823446 km
8.33 km/s
2044-Mar-12 10:09 0.198337 AU
29670739 km
12.22 km/s
2054-Mar-31 14:23 0.196352 AU
29373868 km
7.14 km/s
2054-Aug-20 15:02 0.154821 AU
23160883 km
8.62 km/s
2063-Mar-10 18:46 0.043188 AU
6460783 km
7.35 km/s
2063-Sep-17 11:20 0.186209 AU
27856435 km
8.80 km/s
2072-Mar-09 07:21 0.064516 AU
9651449 km
9.07 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
27.04

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.39533
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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