Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-03-28 16:24 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.076

Aphelion (Q)

4.503

Eccentricity (e)

0.967

Inclination (i)

2.5

deg

Orbit period (P)

1265.3

Earth MOID

0.00581

U parameter

9.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2025-05-24

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.03689

5519224

Maximum Brightness

18.9

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

23.2

mag

Diameter

60 - 140*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2008-03-28

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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.289495

1-sigma variation

0.020494

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.966711

1-sigma variation

0.000857

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.5362

1-sigma variation

0.0117

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

14.3168

1-sigma variation

0.3862

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

20.9170

1-sigma variation

0.3188

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

345.14792

1-sigma variation

26.40700

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.076214

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

4.502775

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.920345

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.544469

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.005809

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1265.3419

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

9.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	4.20018E-4	1.75615E-5	-2.40266E-4	-7.91534E-3	6.53344E-3	-5.41195E-1
e	1.75615E-5	7.34272E-7	-1.00456E-5	-3.30951E-4	2.73171E-4	-2.26281E-2
i	-2.40266E-4	-1.00456E-5	1.37577E-4	4.52758E-3	-3.73719E-3	3.09584E-1
Ω	-7.91534E-3	-3.30951E-4	4.52758E-3	1.49167E-1	-1.23125E-1	1.01989E1
ω	6.53344E-3	2.73171E-4	-3.73719E-3	-1.23125E-1	1.01629E-1	-8.41835E0
M	-5.41195E-1	-2.26281E-2	3.09584E-1	1.01989E1	-8.41835E0	6.97331E2

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

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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

[-]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

23.164

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

60 - 140*

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

6199

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.772937

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2008-03-28.32219

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2008-04-08.17156

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

52 (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: *

Output option:

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2008FF5 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	1956-03-21 17:17	> 1 mo	0.1050166	0.0210604	2.6364062
EARTH	1973-05-18 15:39	> 1 mo	0.1357943	0.0453107	2.2461423
MARS	1997-07-20 17:27	> 1 mo	0.0463896	0.0459617	0.0916521
MARS	2004-11-02 12:30	> 1 w	0.0409819	0.0247277	0.1809694
EARTH	2008-03-23 08:45	< 1 min	0.0774020	0.0769004	0.0001672
EARTH	2025-05-24 01:23	> 1 mo	0.0368937	0.0339219	0.5531226
VENUS	2046-04-04 13:52	> 1 mo	0.0301101	0.0275728	2.2225633
VENUS	2049-10-30 12:10	> 1 mo	0.0406739	0.0381826	2.9032985
EARTH	2060-03-31 05:48	> 1 mo	0.0795307	0.0000709	18.0600356
MERCURY	2063-08-06 07:50	> 1 mo	0.0413680	0.0155225	27.0687130
EARTH	2067-03-20 13:15	> 1 mo	0.1937440	0.0059541	23.3102350
EARTH	2077-05-30 16:40	> 1 mo	0.1378260	0.0225587	28.8493401
EARTH	2119-03-31 06:06	> 1 mo	0.0388838	0.0119795	7.3707203
MERCURY	2122-08-08 16:19	> 1 mo	0.0248250	0.0247868	0.1613153

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
54.29698344	83.95738569	0.00582208	MINIMUM
305.23645338	140.91592035	0.03397541	MINIMUM
356.76033128	280.90062754	0.91841109	SADDLE
356.73981495	100.82499413	1.08064260	SADDLE
179.94992752	113.15094854	3.49742828	SADDLE
179.94596571	293.15310028	5.49625206	MAXIMUM

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Level lines of the squared distance function

2008FF5

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS	TS
2060-03-27.755	73545.755	-0.002	0.000	0.07 ± 0.008	4.30E5	1.93E-6	2.76E-4	-4.02	0
2064-03-27.719	75006.719	-3.248	0.000	0.24 ± 0.006	4.28E6	9.73E-10	1.17E-7	-7.42	0


Based on 52 optical observations (of which 2 are rejected as outliers) from 2008/03/28.322 to 2008/04/08.172.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.04 and 1.04 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20250305 085257.357 UTC.

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