Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-09-11 14:37 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60600.0

MJD

Orbit type

Amor

Perihelion (q)

1.031

Aphelion (Q)

1.597

Eccentricity (e)

0.215

Inclination (i)

3.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

550.3

Earth MOID

0.02735

U parameter

0.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2027-05-20

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.09352

13990998

Maximum Brightness

24.2

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.9

mag

Diameter

11 - 25*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-04-05

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon 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

60600.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.314252

1-sigma variation

2.926E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.215352

1-sigma variation

2.537E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

3.9409

1-sigma variation

6.260E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

33.5225

1-sigma variation

1.279E-5

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

178.6071

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

115.63383

1-sigma variation

0.00005

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.031226

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.597279

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.603289

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.027539

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.027345

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

550.3216

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	8.56050E-18	-3.35394E-17	-9.37185E-15	1.44898E-14	-1.77820E-13	1.00827E-13
e	-3.35394E-17	6.43535E-16	8.35563E-15	-8.57065E-14	1.36838E-12	-7.85475E-13
i	-9.37185E-15	8.35563E-15	3.91911E-11	-5.99233E-11	2.91881E-10	-1.47073E-10
Ω	1.44898E-14	-8.57065E-14	-5.99233E-11	1.63505E-10	-4.87418E-10	2.01283E-10
ω	-1.77820E-13	1.36838E-12	2.91881E-10	-4.87418E-10	6.24516E-9	-3.59558E-9
M	1.00827E-13	-7.85475E-13	-1.47073E-10	2.01283E-10	-3.59558E-9	2.12163E-9

Date of computation: 2024-07-23 14:53 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

26.857

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

11 - 25*

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 ODIM	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

1120

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

136

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.584315

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-04-05.326588

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-04-29.146133

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

58 (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

[3]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA ODIM	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	MPC	Minor Planet Center: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net
[3]	JPL Radar Observations	Jet Propulsion Laboratory: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/dat/radar_data_ast.txt

Computation parameters

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Close approaches for 2021GD3 from 1950 to 2124

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possibile distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1950-05-06 09:52	< 1 min	0.0419859	0.0419846	0.0000004
EARTH	1953-05-23 21:29	< 1 min	0.1300604	0.1300579	0.0000008
EARTH	2015-03-24 12:20	< 1 min	0.1942069	0.1942059	0.0000003
EARTH	2018-04-04 10:49	< 1 min	0.0874545	0.0874539	0.0000002
EARTH	2021-04-21 11:11	< 1 min	0.0276539	0.0276538	0.0000000
EARTH	2024-04-30 05:30	< 1 min	0.0286810	0.0286808	0.0000001
EARTH	2027-05-20 12:10	< 1 min	0.0935240	0.0935236	0.0000001
EARTH	2089-03-27 07:59	< 1 min	0.1706971	0.1706952	0.0000006
EARTH	2092-04-09 07:33	< 1 min	0.0653881	0.0653866	0.0000005
EARTH	2095-04-26 02:59	< 1 min	0.0253604	0.0253602	0.0000000
EARTH	2098-05-11 23:48	< 1 min	0.0533051	0.0533045	0.0000002
EARTH	2101-05-30 07:37	< 1 min	0.1516287	0.1516280	0.0000002

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
2.76153613	112.35915278	0.02511392	MINIMUM
182.55756720	292.42890842	0.59976655	SADDLE
3.93726487	293.83820949	2.02407741	SADDLE
182.58844505	112.46091505	2.59885208	MAXIMUM

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