Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-01-22 06:31 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60600.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

1.010

Aphelion (Q)

1.737

Eccentricity (e)

0.265

Inclination (i)

1.0

deg

Orbit period (P)

587.8

Earth MOID

0.00071

U parameter

5.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2026-09-19

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.13038

19504662

Maximum Brightness

23.3

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.2

mag

Diameter

24 - 50*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2018-06-17

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala

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

60600.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.373249

1-sigma variation

0.000023

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.264851

1-sigma variation

0.000012

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.0294

1-sigma variation

3.544E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

323.2819

1-sigma variation

0.0003

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

354.4586

1-sigma variation

0.0003

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

307.74804

1-sigma variation

0.03427

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.009543

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.736954

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.001539

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.748058

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000705

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

587.7901

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

5.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	5.11177E-10	2.74622E-10	8.00257E-10	5.65624E-9	-5.64826E-9	-7.74851E-7
e	2.74622E-10	1.47537E-10	4.29935E-10	3.03847E-9	-3.03384E-9	-4.16276E-7
i	8.00257E-10	4.29935E-10	1.25607E-9	8.73813E-9	-8.71508E-9	-1.21305E-6
Ω	5.65624E-9	3.03847E-9	8.73813E-9	6.80050E-8	-6.81693E-8	-8.57367E-6
ω	-5.64826E-9	-3.03384E-9	-8.71508E-9	-6.81693E-8	6.86616E-8	8.56139E-6
M	-7.74851E-7	-4.16276E-7	-1.21305E-6	-8.57367E-6	8.56139E-6	1.17453E-3

Date of computation: 2024-12-09 13:46 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

25.216

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

24 - 50*

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

153

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

2263

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.690093

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2018-06-12.475331

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2018-11-12.366158

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

54 (1)

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: *

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2018MC5 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	1952-09-02 12:22	> 1 mo	0.0247693	0.0005756	1.3720613
EARTH	1981-06-20 00:34	> 1 mo	0.1927755	0.0099339	0.5919924
EARTH	1989-07-27 14:27	> 1 w	0.0062168	0.0060951	0.0016279
EARTH	1997-09-01 16:00	1202.4	0.0217846	0.0150767	0.0022411
EARTH	2018-07-05 06:40	< 1 min	0.0566777	0.0566712	0.0000022
EARTH	2026-09-19 22:37	130.1	0.1303806	0.1267474	0.0012111
EARTH	2047-06-26 04:15	286.1	0.1351449	0.1272519	0.0026315
EARTH	2055-09-11 13:27	448.6	0.0563017	0.0509347	0.0017895
EARTH	2076-07-26 02:09	> 1 d	0.0064555	0.0052140	0.0027779
EARTH	2084-07-18 23:36	> 1 mo	0.0145422	0.0061986	0.0963402
MARS	2085-03-03 00:24	> 1 d	0.0370998	0.0208937	0.0591106
EARTH	2103-09-20 04:25	> 1 mo	0.0991090	0.0116402	2.9062060
EARTH	2111-06-25 14:22	> 1 mo	0.1679119	0.0126159	1.7850252

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
6.08820226	224.55115832	0.00080733	MINIMUM
178.84354624	34.69117941	0.75117217	SADDLE
358.06371101	33.87887705	1.99507492	SADDLE
178.82458343	214.66797559	2.75040511	MAXIMUM

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