Asteroids

159857 2004LJ1 help

Last update: 2024-05-20 14:31 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.920

Aphelion (Q)

3.606

Eccentricity (e)

0.594

Inclination (i)

23.2

deg

Orbit period (P)

1243.6

Earth MOID

0.01640

U parameter

0.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2038-11-16

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.01983

2967134

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

15.4

mag

Diameter

3070

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

2.661

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2004-06-10

Observatory

Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico

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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

60400.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.263148

1-sigma variation

1.403E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.593530

1-sigma variation

1.108E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

23.1519

1-sigma variation

3.513E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

235.5378

1-sigma variation

6.015E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

140.0129

1-sigma variation

6.546E-6

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

261.48067

1-sigma variation

1.268E-6

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.919902

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.606393

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.676939

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.019934

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.016397

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1243.5629

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.96900E-18	4.64713E-18	1.09403E-15	1.80782E-15	-2.21171E-15	-4.36217E-16
e	4.64713E-18	1.22779E-16	3.77711E-15	1.41077E-14	-8.79176E-15	-3.90727E-16
i	1.09403E-15	3.77711E-15	1.23384E-11	5.58331E-12	-3.36295E-12	-1.08901E-12
Ω	1.80782E-15	1.41077E-14	5.58331E-12	3.61774E-11	-3.41995E-11	1.20861E-12
ω	-2.21171E-15	-8.79176E-15	-3.36295E-12	-3.41995E-11	4.28542E-11	-4.13899E-12
M	-4.36217E-16	-3.90727E-16	-1.08901E-12	1.20861E-12	-4.13899E-12	1.60693E-12

Date of computation: 2024-05-14 11:58 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

2.661

Unit

Source

[2]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[2]

Amplitude

Value

0.15-0.6

Unit

mag

Source

[2]

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

[1]

Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

15.442

Unit

mag

Source

[3]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[3]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.13

Unit

Source

[4]

Diameter

Value

3070

Unit

Source

[4]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Visual S

Unit

Source

[5]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	EARN	1.) Ieva, S. et al. (2018) Astron. Astrophys. 615, A127. (Photometric survey of 67 near-Earth objects)
[2]	EARN	1.) Warner, B.D. (2015) MPB 42, 41-53. (NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS AT CS3-PALMER DIVIDE STATION: 2014 JUNE-OCTOBER) (45 NEAs) 2.) Galad, A. et al. (2005) Earth, Moon and Planets 97, 147-163. (Joint lightcurve observations of 10 near-Earth asteroids from Modra and Ondrejov) (3553,22753,31669,40267, 66146,88188,103067,1001CB21,2004LJ1,2004XO14,) 3.) Petr Pravec's Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program Webpage "Prepublished Periods"
[3]	ESA ODIM	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[4]	EARN	1.) Nugent, C.R. et al. (2015) Astrophys. J. 814_117 (13pp) (NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos)(201 NEOs)
[5]	EARN	1.) deLeon, J. et al. (2010) Astron. Astrophys 517, A23. (Observations, compositional, and physical characterization of near-Earth and Mars-crosser asteroids from a spectroscopic survey)

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

10691

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.379024

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

1995-02-03.56854

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-05-12.972641

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

3037 (24)

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]

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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

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Close approaches for 159857 2004LJ1 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	2021-11-03 08:24	< 1 s	0.1569320	0.1569318	0.0000001
7 Iris	2034-07-14 10:30	< 1 min	0.0119668	0.0119663	0.0000001
EARTH	2038-11-16 13:42	< 1 s	0.0198341	0.0198340	0.0000000
EARTH	2055-11-22 16:43	< 1 min	0.0892631	0.0892559	0.0000024

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