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NASA JPL SBDB · 2026 UP3

2026 UP3

2026 UP3 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.827 AU and a period of 0.75 yr.

Aten Observations: 23
Orbital Period · P
0.75 yr
v(q)
42.2 km/s
v(Q)
25.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
7.05
Eccentricity · e
0.2495

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.621 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.033 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.412 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.827 AU gives an orbital period of 0.75 yr, or about 275 days.

An eccentricity of 0.249 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 11.38° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 42.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.4 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 = 25.63 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 23 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3524 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
0.8268 AU
Eccentricity
0.2495
Perihelion
0.621 AU
Aphelion
1.033087 AU
Inclination
11.38°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
319.68°

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
2029-Oct-26 08:59 0.010001 AU
1496126 km
7.69 km/s
2032-Oct-29 10:18 0.021138 AU
3162269 km
7.32 km/s
2035-Nov-06 09:57 0.057283 AU
8569385 km
7.08 km/s
2038-Nov-16 19:31 0.096587 AU
14449220 km
7.16 km/s
2041-Nov-29 03:06 0.131764 AU
19711554 km
7.62 km/s
2044-Dec-09 09:45 0.167011 AU
24984485 km
8.86 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
25.63

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.35239
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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