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NASA JPL SBDB · 90416

90416

90416 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.695 AU it takes 2.21 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 932
Orbital Period · P
2.21 yr
v(q)
39.2 km/s
v(Q)
13.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.61 km
TJ
4.05
Eccentricity · e
0.4922

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.861 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.529 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.668 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.695 AU gives an orbital period of 2.21 yr, or about 806 days.

The high eccentricity (0.492) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.83° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 13.3 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

The measured diameter is 0.97 km, a value from direct size determination rather than from brightness alone.

Its geometric albedo of 0.062 indicates a very dark, carbonaceous-type surface.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 932 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.361 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

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
1.695 AU
Eccentricity
0.4922
Perihelion
0.861 AU
Aphelion
2.529279 AU
Inclination
7.83°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
25.14°

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
2037-Jun-08 18:50 0.129871 AU
19428467 km
11.12 km/s
2068-Feb-10 18:41 0.075495 AU
11293895 km
14.30 km/s
2079-Feb-28 17:16 0.081499 AU
12192043 km
10.15 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
0.968 km
Albedo
0.062
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
18.83

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.36099
Condition
0
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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