Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-04-22 02:31 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.925

Aphelion (Q)

2.488

Eccentricity (e)

0.458

Inclination (i)

0.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

814.3

Earth MOID

0.00553

U parameter

0.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2045-01-29

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.1267

18954705

Maximum Brightness

23.9

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.8

mag

Diameter

18 - 40*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2016-01-19

Observatory

Catalina Sky Survey

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

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Proper elements

Epoch

Near present day

Near middle of observation arc

Orbit properties

Epoch
Semimajor Axis
Eccentricity (e)
Inclination (i)
Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)
Mean Anomaly (M)
Perihelion distance
Aphelion distance
Asc. Node-Earth Sep.
Desc. Node-Earth Sep.
MOID
Orbit Period
U parameter

Value

1-sigma variation

Unit

Epoch

Value

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.706589

1-sigma variation

2.428E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.458096

1-sigma variation

1.392E-7

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

0.5553

1-sigma variation

8.646E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

4.2018

1-sigma variation

0.0003

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

73.2680

1-sigma variation

0.0003

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

69.11360

1-sigma variation

0.00001

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.924807

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.488371

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.188906

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.556649

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.005526

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

814.3139

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	5.89554E-16	-3.33568E-15	2.03062E-13	5.25901E-12	-6.30809E-12	2.29510E-13
e	-3.33568E-15	1.93766E-14	-1.16913E-12	-3.20082E-11	3.81575E-11	-1.35031E-12
i	2.03062E-13	-1.16913E-12	7.47537E-11	1.94468E-9	-2.32987E-9	8.74145E-11
Ω	5.25901E-12	-3.20082E-11	1.94468E-9	7.98778E-8	-9.06350E-8	2.50646E-9
ω	-6.30809E-12	3.81575E-11	-2.32987E-9	-9.06350E-8	1.03532E-7	-3.01635E-9
M	2.29510E-13	-1.35031E-12	8.74145E-11	2.50646E-9	-3.01635E-9	1.29429E-10

Date of computation: 2025-03-29 00:36 UTC

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Physical properties

Rotation Period
Quality
Amplitude
Rotation Direction
Spinvector L
Spinvector B

Rotational properties

Value

Unit

Source

Rotation Period

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Taxonomy
Taxonomy (all)

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

25.848

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[2]

Diameter

Value

18 - 40*

Unit

Source

[2]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	Estimation	Estimated from absolute magnitude

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

3200

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

180

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.614233

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2016-01-19.47013

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-10-23.89585

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

40 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Delay (Discarded)
Doppler (Discarded)
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	MPC	Minor Planet Center: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net

Computation parameters

As seen from:

Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

Output option:

One line per time step

Time step:*

* - these fields are required

Close Approaches for 2016BF1 from 1950 to 2125

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1950-10-22 00:04	< 1 min	0.0672637	0.0672622	0.0000005
EARTH	2007-01-25 06:55	< 1 min	0.0802042	0.0801966	0.0000025
EARTH	2016-01-12 13:54	< 1 min	0.0106889	0.0106883	0.0000002
EARTH	2024-10-27 10:11	< 1 min	0.0265065	0.0265063	0.0000001
EARTH	2045-01-29 10:38	< 1 min	0.1267044	0.1266949	0.0000032
MARS	2046-12-15 20:32	< 1 min	0.0387709	0.0387679	0.0000010
EARTH	2053-10-22 19:00	< 1 min	0.0655168	0.0655098	0.0000023
EARTH	2074-01-10 20:57	1.6	0.0172286	0.0172193	0.0000031
EARTH	2093-12-07 19:55	27.7	0.0606943	0.0606912	0.0000010
EARTH	2113-11-04 22:09	12.4	0.0108456	0.0107628	0.0000277

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
335.95818375	297.55877207	0.00552577	MINIMUM
22.45017639	11.11821211	0.00907721	MINIMUM
359.21332022	334.37784453	0.06101701	SADDLE
179.68770933	154.88466694	1.47368420	SADDLE
359.13646996	154.26647546	1.93951035	SADDLE
179.69406137	334.89331168	3.47348146	MAXIMUM

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