2016 VC1

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.6860564188 ± 9.56e-07
Semi-major axis (a)2.2894635172 AU ± 6.68e-06
Inclination (i)13.36678970° ± 2.09e-05
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)245.46500063° ± 1.23e-05
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)241.63452164° ± 4.80e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)204.84497026° ± 4.07e-03
Mean Motion (n)0.2845192695°/day ± 1.25e-06
Perihelion dist (q)0.71876238 AU ± 3.03e-06
Aphelion dist (Q)3.86016466 AU ± 1.15e-05
Orbital Period3.46418113 yr ± 1.52e-05
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)21.71
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-02
RMS Residual0.379″
Uncertainty1
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.033290 AU
Observations Used129
Radar Obs Used3
Oppositions1
Arc Total2016-2016
First Observation Used2016-11-02
Last Observation Used2016-11-22
Observations (131)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2016-11-02 14:21:28 C 01 25 20.27 +46 30 45.9 q D29
2016-11-02 14:46:56 C 01 25 15.73 +46 31 02.9 q D29
2016-11-02 15:12:23 C 01 25 11.22 +46 31 19.4 q D29
2016-11-03 15:38:21 C 01 20 56.88 +46 47 25.4 q D29
2016-11-03 16:01:16 C 01 20 52.30 +46 47 39.4 q D29
2016-11-03 16:24:10 C 01 20 47.76 +46 47 53.4 q D29
2016-11-03 20:03:40 C 01 20 10.13 +46 50 10.6 r 106
2016-11-03 20:08:09 C 01 20 09.19 +46 50 13.9 r 106
2016-11-03 20:12:39 C 01 20 08.39 +46 50 16.7 r 106
2016-11-04 02:49:02 C 01 18 55.54 +46 54 37.7 q U69
2016-11-04 03:04:28 C 01 18 52.43 +46 54 48.7 q U69
2016-11-04 03:13:42 C 01 18 50.56 +46 54 56.0 q U69
2016-11-04 03:25:35 C 01 18 48.17 +46 55 04.7 q U69
2016-11-04 03:56:30 C 01 18 40.52 +46 55 30.1 q H36
2016-11-04 04:10:05 C 01 18 37.69 +46 55 40.2 q H36
2016-11-04 04:14:54 C 01 18 37.73 +46 55 47.1 o 926
2016-11-04 04:23:43 C 01 18 34.90 +46 55 50.1 q H36
2016-11-04 04:29:29 C 01 18 34.71 +46 55 57.2 o 926
2016-11-04 04:33:00 C 01 18 32.53 +46 55 55.2 u H21
2016-11-04 04:37:18 C 01 18 31.60 +46 55 57.6 u H21
2016-11-04 04:40:39 C 01 18 32.38 +46 56 05.1 o 926
2016-11-04 04:43:47 C 01 18 30.28 +46 56 02.1 u H21
2016-11-04 05:09:53 C 01 18 26.75 +46 56 11.4 658
2016-11-04 05:12:59 C 01 18 26.14 +46 56 13.5 658
2016-11-04 05:16:08 C 01 18 25.49 +46 56 15.6 658
2016-11-04 19:19:21 C 01 15 38.45 +47 05 28.0 q J95
2016-11-04 19:46:33 C 01 15 32.68 +47 05 48.7 q J95
2016-11-04 19:51:11 C 01 15 31.67 +47 05 51.4 q J95
2016-11-04 20:03:54 C 01 15 27.76 +47 06 08.0 L04
2016-11-04 20:17:41 C 01 15 24.76 +47 06 17.5 L04
2016-11-04 20:27:22 C 01 15 22.64 +47 06 24.2 L04
2016-11-05 01:06:37 C 01 14 22.16 +47 09 21.3 q J69
2016-11-05 01:15:23 C 01 14 20.30 +47 09 26.6 q J69
2016-11-05 01:24:10 C 01 14 18.31 +47 09 32.2 q J69
2016-11-05 02:49:43 C 01 14 05.14 +47 10 36.7 q U69
2016-11-05 02:54:04 C 01 14 02.41 +47 10 50.2 q 850
2016-11-05 03:04:29 C 01 14 00.03 +47 10 57.4 q 850
2016-11-05 03:06:01 C 01 14 01.55 +47 10 49.5 q U69
2016-11-05 03:15:18 C 01 13 57.60 +47 11 05.2 q 850
2016-11-05 03:23:17 C 01 13 57.32 +47 11 09.1 o 926
2016-11-05 03:25:41 C 01 13 55.15 +47 11 12.4 q 850
2016-11-05 03:33:14 C 01 13 55.09 +47 11 16.6 o 926
2016-11-05 03:33:34 C 01 13 55.31 +47 11 10.0 q U69
2016-11-05 03:37:16 C 01 13 52.49 +47 11 20.3 q 850
2016-11-05 03:46:29 C 01 13 52.04 +47 11 26.1 o 926
2016-11-05 03:48:26 C 01 13 49.90 +47 11 27.6 q 850
2016-11-05 03:59:50 C 01 13 47.27 +47 11 35.1 q 850
2016-11-05 06:01:12 C 01 13 20.84 +47 12 58.5 q I52
2016-11-05 06:04:33 C 01 13 20.06 +47 13 00.7 q I52
2016-11-05 06:08:41 C 01 13 19.08 +47 13 03.2 q I52
Radar Observations (3)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2016-11-23 17:39:00 -100741.7429 0.5 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2016-11-23 18:15:00 48197200.05 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2016-11-23 18:35:00 48249628.67 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)