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2006JY26 help

Last update: 2026-06-04 23:11 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61200.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.926

Aphelion (Q)

1.094

Eccentricity (e)

0.083

Inclination (i)

1.4

deg

Orbit period (P)

370.9

Earth MOID

0.00022

U parameter

5.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2071-04-27

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.1819

27211808

Maximum Brightness

27.8

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

28.5

mag

Diameter

5 - 12*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2006-05-06

Observatory

University of Arizona 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

61200.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.010243

1-sigma variation

0.000009

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.083203

1-sigma variation

0.000015

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.4382

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

43.4787

1-sigma variation

0.0060

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

273.7371

1-sigma variation

0.0147

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

202.73998

1-sigma variation

0.12903

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.926188

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.094298

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.005733

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.000907

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000225

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

370.8834

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

5.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	8.85996E-11	1.41031E-10	-9.09684E-10	5.61704E-8	1.38123E-7	-1.21453E-6
e	1.41031E-10	2.25779E-10	-1.42732E-9	8.95695E-8	2.19894E-7	-1.93389E-6
i	-9.09684E-10	-1.42732E-9	9.71997E-9	-5.74096E-7	-1.41769E-6	1.24599E-5
Ω	5.61704E-8	8.95695E-8	-5.74096E-7	3.56306E-5	8.75714E-5	-7.70067E-4
ω	1.38123E-7	2.19894E-7	-1.41769E-6	8.75714E-5	2.15330E-4	-1.89342E-3
M	-1.21453E-6	-1.93389E-6	1.24599E-5	-7.70067E-4	-1.89342E-3	1.66492E-2

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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

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Quality

Value

Unit

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Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

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Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

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Spinvector L

Value

Unit

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Spinvector B

Value

Unit

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Taxonomy
Taxonomy (all)

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

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Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

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Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

28.505

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[2]

Diameter

Value

5 - 12*

Unit

Source

[2]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

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Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

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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

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

7360

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.728556

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2006-05-06.35516

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2006-05-10.17442

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

77 (2)

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

[-]

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Sources

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

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Close Approaches for 2006JY26 from 1950 to 2126

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1970-12-16 17:06	64.0	0.1508538	0.1475912	0.0010877
EARTH	1971-12-09 16:04	66.0	0.0194222	0.0191018	0.0001116
EARTH	1972-09-17 07:44	154.3	0.1111058	0.1110687	0.0000124
EARTH	1973-03-11 19:48	243.6	0.0803470	0.0801706	0.0000588
EARTH	1973-07-11 08:39	347.0	0.0989423	0.0987774	0.0000550
EARTH	1974-05-09 16:31	8.2	0.0431711	0.0418636	0.0004358
EARTH	2003-12-13 03:40	5.5	0.0512928	0.0511501	0.0000476
EARTH	2004-10-11 11:38	78.0	0.0963863	0.0963198	0.0000222
EARTH	2005-02-13 16:43	46.7	0.0821387	0.0820967	0.0000140
EARTH	2005-08-04 14:39	41.9	0.1129265	0.1129070	0.0000065
EARTH	2006-05-10 00:10	< 1 min	0.0029024	0.0029017	0.0000002
EARTH	2007-03-23 00:21	89.9	0.0899387	0.0898944	0.0000148
EARTH	2007-07-07 00:15	99.1	0.0812423	0.0812282	0.0000047
EARTH	2008-02-08 08:24	148.0	0.1129302	0.1129165	0.0000046
EARTH	2008-08-28 12:52	196.2	0.0853819	0.0852737	0.0000360
EARTH	2008-12-28 18:11	228.7	0.0963510	0.0962030	0.0000493
EARTH	2009-11-02 11:13	5.9	0.0171312	0.0166601	0.0001571
EARTH	2010-11-04 14:42	37.3	0.0366338	0.0355428	0.0003637
EARTH	2011-11-08 05:19	35.9	0.1209073	0.1193149	0.0005308
EARTH	2071-04-27 06:26	210.0	0.1818997	0.1645786	0.0057737
EARTH	2072-04-29 20:53	272.9	0.0938660	0.0771890	0.0055590
EARTH	2073-05-03 08:33	255.5	0.0147134	0.0008179	0.0046324
EARTH	2074-05-03 03:39	785.9	0.0156671	0.0000670	0.0222839
EARTH	2075-04-30 19:00	> 1 d	0.0899243	0.0002478	0.0587209
EARTH	2076-04-26 23:14	> 1 d	0.1733792	0.0004434	0.1310694

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
270.41627902	120.68832756	0.00024622	MINIMUM
77.98083326	299.45206200	0.00156892	MINIMUM
353.75972557	209.64584656	0.09248778	SADDLE
174.66401157	30.52706576	0.11110290	SADDLE
353.75471659	29.62412983	1.91226505	SADDLE
174.42377873	210.29537497	2.10946364	MAXIMUM

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2006JY26

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE	IP	Impact energy	PS
2073-05-03.396	78330.396	3.160	1.49 ± 0.001	1.12E2	1.72E-4	8.26E-3	-5.60
2073-05-03.407	78330.407	3.132	3.45 ± 0.004	1.52E2	1.06E-4	8.22E-3	-5.81
2073-05-03.414	78330.414	3.187	3.33 ± 0.004	1.76E2	7.96E-5	8.25E-3	-5.93
2073-05-03.420	78330.420	3.192	3.83 ± 0.003	1.65E2	7.83E-5	8.25E-3	-5.94
2074-05-03.033	78695.033	-1.007	1.69 ± 0.008	2.61E2	6.33E-3	8.25E-3	-4.04
2077-05-01.621	79789.621	3.045	2.81 ± 0.002	3.61E5	5.99E-8	8.23E-3	-9.09
2078-05-01.066	80154.066	-1.053	3.71 ± 0.002	1.62E5	3.90E-6	8.26E-3	-7.28
2078-05-01.566	80154.566	-0.957	1.23 ± 0.000	9.15E6	2.02E-7	8.22E-3	-8.57
2080-05-01.040	80885.040	-0.918	2.72 ± 0.004	1.51E6	1.02E-6	8.26E-3	-7.88
2082-05-02.011	81616.011	3.508	0.98 ± 0.000	1.64E6	3.89E-9	8.23E-3	-10.31
2082-05-02.264	81616.264	2.858	2.69 ± 0.010	9.93E5	4.07E-8	8.26E-3	-9.29
2083-05-01.913	81980.913	-0.869	3.80 ± 0.002	9.43E5	1.04E-6	8.22E-3	-7.89
2083-05-02.716	81981.716	2.826	2.58 ± 0.003	7.49E5	5.93E-8	8.25E-3	-9.14
2084-05-01.634	82346.634	2.795	0.72 ± 0.000	5.61E5	1.08E-7	8.27E-3	-8.88
2085-05-01.460	82711.460	-0.986	2.03 ± 0.179	2.38E7	6.88E-8	8.23E-3	-9.09
2085-05-01.882	82711.882	3.649	1.17 ± 0.001	3.52E5	1.08E-8	8.23E-3	-9.89
2085-05-01.885	82711.885	2.758	3.07 ± 0.007	3.63E5	1.52E-7	8.22E-3	-8.74
2086-05-02.124	83077.124	2.714	0.84 ± 0.009	2.80E4	2.71E-6	8.23E-3	-7.50
2086-05-02.250	83077.250	3.698	1.36 ± 0.033	4.21E5	7.47E-9	8.25E-3	-10.06
2087-05-02.401	83442.401	2.677	1.86 ± 0.001	2.48E5	3.03E-7	8.25E-3	-8.46
2087-05-02.529	83442.529	3.748	3.10 ± 0.013	2.21E5	1.23E-8	8.21E-3	-9.85
2088-05-01.209	83807.209	3.257	3.67 ± 0.001	2.09E6	2.49E-9	8.23E-3	-10.55
2088-05-01.455	83807.455	-0.793	2.26 ± 0.001	5.94E5	3.12E-6	8.24E-3	-7.45
2088-05-02.087	83808.087	2.646	1.85 ± 0.001	2.58E5	3.19E-7	8.24E-3	-8.44
2089-05-01.374	84172.374	-0.894	2.92 ± 0.002	1.92E6	7.43E-7	8.25E-3	-8.08
2089-05-01.482	84172.482	-1.247	3.14 ± 0.000	7.30E5	1.14E-6	8.26E-3	-7.89
2089-05-01.785	84172.785	-0.779	1.55 ± 0.004	7.86E5	2.66E-6	8.23E-3	-7.53
2089-05-02.246	84173.246	3.855	1.34 ± 0.006	7.92E4	2.18E-8	8.26E-3	-9.61
2089-05-02.517	84173.517	2.617	3.39 ± 0.001	2.65E5	1.83E-7	8.25E-3	-8.69
2090-05-01.792	84537.792	-1.259	2.41 ± 0.001	7.95E5	1.39E-6	8.27E-3	-7.81
2090-05-01.957	84537.957	3.357	2.27 ± 0.001	9.87E5	9.18E-9	8.24E-3	-9.99
2090-05-02.101	84538.101	-0.765	1.26 ± 0.019	2.40E6	9.07E-7	8.25E-3	-8.00
2090-05-02.643	84538.643	3.913	2.82 ± 0.001	1.39E5	7.55E-9	8.24E-3	-10.08
2091-05-02.208	84903.208	-1.269	2.66 ± 0.024	1.24E6	1.09E-6	8.28E-3	-7.92
2091-05-02.518	84903.518	-0.750	1.42 ± 0.001	3.46E5	6.30E-6	8.24E-3	-7.16
2092-04-30.745	85267.745	3.056	2.54 ± 0.003	7.94E5	2.80E-8	8.25E-3	-9.52
2092-05-01.490	85268.490	3.387	1.62 ± 0.007	3.63E5	2.63E-8	8.25E-3	-9.55
2092-05-01.686	85268.686	-1.275	1.89 ± 0.000	1.65E6	7.22E-7	8.24E-3	-8.11
2092-05-01.732	85268.732	-1.348	3.49 ± 0.010	4.95E5	1.98E-6	8.23E-3	-7.67
2093-05-01.016	85633.016	-1.070	2.18 ± 0.000	8.86E6	1.66E-7	8.25E-3	-8.76
2093-05-01.724	85633.724	-0.862	1.65 ± 0.000	7.46E5	2.61E-6	8.24E-3	-7.56
2095-05-01.537	86363.537	-0.932	3.66 ± 0.000	1.92E6	4.38E-7	8.24E-3	-8.35
2095-05-01.734	86363.734	-0.952	1.74 ± 0.000	6.21E6	2.80E-7	8.25E-3	-8.54
2095-05-02.198	86364.198	-1.174	1.73 ± 0.014	2.34E5	6.24E-6	8.25E-3	-7.19
2096-04-30.511	86728.511	3.017	2.22 ± 0.003	4.44E5	6.23E-8	8.23E-3	-9.20
2098-05-01.235	87459.235	2.889	0.64 ± 0.000	4.96E7	9.42E-10	8.25E-3	-11.03
2099-04-29.010	87822.010	-0.639	1.97 ± 0.008	8.63E5	2.56E-6	8.20E-3	-7.60
2099-10-28.270	88004.270	-3.937	2.30 ± 0.003	7.07E5	1.69E-9	8.28E-3	-10.79
2102-05-02.275	88920.275	3.552	3.48 ± 0.110	1.17E7	3.37E-10	8.25E-3	-11.50
2102-05-02.771	88920.771	3.007	2.90 ± 0.003	7.95E6	2.88E-9	8.23E-3	-10.57
2103-05-02.470	89285.470	-0.967	3.84 ± 0.004	5.52E5	7.82E-7	8.24E-3	-8.14
2104-05-02.169	89651.169	-0.575	2.12 ± 0.001	2.10E5	1.05E-5	8.23E-3	-7.02
2104-05-02.359	89651.359	4.835	3.03 ± 0.004	3.62E4	5.03E-10	8.23E-3	-11.34
2105-05-02.068	90016.068	2.233	2.32 ± 0.000	5.67E6	3.73E-8	8.26E-3	-9.47
2105-05-03.190	90017.190	4.981	2.97 ± 0.001	2.64E4	3.08E-10	8.25E-3	-11.55
2106-05-02.811	90381.811	-1.709	1.42 ± 0.138	9.27E4	7.44E-6	8.25E-3	-7.18
2107-05-01.729	90745.729	-1.108	3.02 ± 0.000	2.51E7	4.44E-8	8.24E-3	-9.41
2107-05-02.061	90746.061	-1.712	3.67 ± 0.003	1.85E6	1.34E-7	8.21E-3	-8.93
2107-05-03.316	90747.316	3.057	3.29 ± 0.001	1.88E6	1.01E-8	8.22E-3	-10.05
2110-04-29.713	91839.713	-1.271	2.40 ± 0.016	2.06E7	5.36E-8	8.23E-3	-9.34
2113-04-27.714	92933.714	-1.210	1.62 ± 0.022	7.09E6	1.91E-7	8.22E-3	-8.80
2113-04-27.820	92933.820	-1.299	2.66 ± 0.000	5.11E7	2.00E-8	8.25E-3	-9.78
2115-05-02.253	93668.253	3.257	3.83 ± 0.000	9.25E7	3.93E-11	8.24E-3	-12.50
2117-05-02.257	94399.257	1.957	3.39 ± 0.026	5.19E4	7.60E-6	8.24E-3	-7.22
2119-05-01.960	95128.960	-0.396	2.18 ± 0.032	4.03E6	6.12E-7	8.25E-3	-8.32
2119-05-02.747	95129.747	-1.118	3.37 ± 0.000	1.03E8	9.41E-9	8.25E-3	-10.14
2119-05-02.769	95129.769	-1.032	3.37 ± 0.077	1.40E7	6.62E-8	8.23E-3	-9.29
2119-05-03.062	95130.062	-2.519	2.84 ± 0.003	2.04E4	4.40E-6	8.25E-3	-7.47
2120-04-27.718	95490.718	-0.359	0.68 ± 0.027	3.60E6	7.90E-7	8.25E-3	-8.22
2120-05-01.403	95494.403	-2.507	1.39 ± 0.002	2.47E5	5.03E-7	8.25E-3	-8.41


Based on 77 optical observations (of which 2 are rejected as outliers) from 2006/05/06.355 to 2006/05/10.174.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 3.85 and 3.90 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20250805 130500.123 UTC.

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