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NASA JPL SBDB · 2026 TD

2026 TD

2026 TD belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.072 AU it takes 1.11 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 42
Orbital Period · P
1.11 yr
v(q)
37 km/s
v(Q)
22.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
5.69
Eccentricity · e
0.2469

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.808 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.337 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.529 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.072 AU gives an orbital period of 1.11 yr, or about 405 days.

An eccentricity of 0.247 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 17.39° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 37 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.4 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 = 27.02 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 42 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.9306 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
1.072 AU
Eccentricity
0.2469
Perihelion
0.808 AU
Aphelion
1.336677 AU
Inclination
17.39°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
196.19°

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
2028-Mar-29 14:40 0.044058 AU
6591045 km
12.22 km/s
2045-Sep-25 09:58 0.110192 AU
16484550 km
14.74 km/s
2047-Mar-24 23:20 0.060899 AU
9110309 km
9.65 km/s
2055-Oct-06 04:53 0.038584 AU
5772076 km
9.85 km/s
2057-Apr-02 23:01 0.093820 AU
14035288 km
14.39 km/s
2074-Sep-30 11:03 0.044510 AU
6658625 km
12.27 km/s
2076-Mar-27 20:24 0.008362 AU
1250956 km
11.27 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
27.02

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.93056
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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