Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-01-21 21:01 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60605.4

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.593

Aphelion (Q)

3.798

Eccentricity (e)

0.730

Inclination (i)

1.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

1188.2

Earth MOID

0.00001

U parameter

8.8

Next Earth close approach

Date

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object impacted Earth on 2024-10-22 10:54:29

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

32.9

mag

Diameter

0.7 - 1.6*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-10-22

Observatory

ATLAS-HKO, Haleakala

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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

60605.3627

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.195486

1-sigma variation

0.010520

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.729858

1-sigma variation

0.001552

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.7211

1-sigma variation

0.0036

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

209.1386

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

267.6195

1-sigma variation

0.0121

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

346.18696

1-sigma variation

0.11340

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.593092

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.797879

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.055407

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.000131

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000006

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1188.2130

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.8

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.10678E-4	1.63241E-5	3.78122E-5	-1.49759E-6	1.00114E-4	1.19305E-3
e	1.63241E-5	2.40851E-6	5.58367E-6	-2.24357E-7	1.49831E-5	1.75963E-4
i	3.78122E-5	5.58367E-6	1.30215E-5	-5.39935E-7	3.59153E-5	4.07586E-4
Ω	-1.49759E-6	-2.24357E-7	-5.39935E-7	3.46237E-8	-2.24414E-6	-1.61398E-5
ω	1.00114E-4	1.49831E-5	3.59153E-5	-2.24414E-6	1.46134E-4	1.07896E-3
M	1.19305E-3	1.75963E-4	4.07586E-4	-1.61398E-5	1.07896E-3	1.28603E-2

Date of computation: 2024-10-24 07:16 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

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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

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Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

32.866

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

0.7 - 1.6*

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

0.1

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.357995

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-10-22.327039

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-10-22.39079

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

9 (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

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Final Date: *

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Close Approaches for 2024UQ 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
VENUS	1983-03-11 05:38	> 1 mo	0.0010915	0.0010543	0.1875000
MARS	2021-12-27 18:12	> 1 d	0.0307979	0.0233195	0.0721557
EARTH	2024-10-22 10:58	< 1 min	0.0000209	0.0000205	0.0000001

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
318.51527463	286.04038593	0.00000565	MINIMUM
41.88246487	99.95090061	0.00224920	MINIMUM
0.33477201	13.19685992	0.39129797	SADDLE
0.34250287	193.20484710	1.60833882	SADDLE
180.05236301	192.77840113	2.78307273	SADDLE
180.04959968	12.77557461	4.78123530	MAXIMUM

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