Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-03-17 23:53 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.622

Aphelion (Q)

1.166

Eccentricity (e)

0.304

Inclination (i)

18.8

deg

Orbit period (P)

308.7

Earth MOID

0.01123

U parameter

3.3

Next Earth close approach

Date

2035-04-16

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.05192

7766844

Maximum Brightness

17.8

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

mag

Diameter

110 - 240*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-03-02

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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

0.893950

1-sigma variation

3.646E-7

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.303846

1-sigma variation

0.000007

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

18.7712

1-sigma variation

0.0006

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

25.1660

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

312.0559

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

338.36411

1-sigma variation

0.00083

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.622327

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.165573

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.321873

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.015414

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.011232

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

308.7224

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

3.3

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.32915E-13	1.75591E-12	1.54484E-10	-5.22765E-11	-6.45481E-11	1.93475E-10
e	1.75591E-12	4.37441E-11	3.70682E-9	-1.22312E-9	-1.30023E-9	5.43809E-9
i	1.54484E-10	3.70682E-9	3.14755E-7	-1.04055E-7	-1.11138E-7	4.58463E-7
Ω	-5.22765E-11	-1.22312E-9	-1.04055E-7	3.45703E-8	3.68678E-8	-1.50937E-7
ω	-6.45481E-11	-1.30023E-9	-1.11138E-7	3.68678E-8	4.14707E-8	-1.57187E-7
M	1.93475E-10	5.43809E-9	4.58463E-7	-1.50937E-7	-1.57187E-7	6.86954E-7

Date of computation: 2025-02-19 13:28 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

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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

21.974

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

110 - 240*

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

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

338

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.534357

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-02-24.621414

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-04-13.98231

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

130 (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

[-]

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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Close Approaches for 2024EK1 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	1953-04-12 22:58	3.9	0.1789885	0.1786576	0.0001103
EARTH	1964-04-14 15:35	1.5	0.1074457	0.1072635	0.0000607
EARTH	1975-04-16 09:07	< 1 min	0.0588299	0.0587976	0.0000108
EARTH	1986-04-16 02:08	2.0	0.0613139	0.0611138	0.0000667
EARTH	1997-04-14 16:17	2.8	0.1153283	0.1151041	0.0000747
EARTH	2008-04-12 04:09	2.4	0.1965468	0.1963907	0.0000520
EARTH	2013-04-07 22:14	5.5	0.1972658	0.1971776	0.0000294
EARTH	2024-04-14 04:43	< 1 min	0.1200941	0.1200846	0.0000032
EARTH	2035-04-16 23:01	< 1 min	0.0519181	0.0517991	0.0000397
EARTH	2046-04-16 22:27	< 1 min	0.0225857	0.0224629	0.0000410
EARTH	2057-04-16 06:36	< 1 min	0.0686243	0.0685149	0.0000365
EARTH	2068-04-13 01:16	9.0	0.1418670	0.1415799	0.0000957
EARTH	2085-04-13 00:15	7.2	0.1825327	0.1819995	0.0001777
EARTH	2096-04-14 21:46	8.2	0.1055166	0.1047830	0.0002445
EARTH	2107-04-18 00:27	3.8	0.0329912	0.0324029	0.0001964
EARTH	2118-04-17 21:39	2.3	0.0252977	0.0248271	0.0001574

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
244.24015303	103.66385966	0.01129514	MINIMUM
70.28080383	322.47484278	0.26085666	MINIMUM
147.16697582	31.55727933	0.35375751	SADDLE
340.55759748	210.66720225	0.45340036	SADDLE
351.11974805	45.78160657	1.59773778	SADDLE
182.25303059	237.86956081	2.15891791	MAXIMUM

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