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2009BD help

Last update: 2025-04-15 07:30 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

1.007

Aphelion (Q)

1.117

Eccentricity (e)

0.052

Inclination (i)

1.3

deg

Orbit period (P)

399.8

Earth MOID

0.00461

U parameter

1.4

A₁

53878.5

10^-15au/days²

A₂

-1144.9

10^-15au/days²

Next Earth close approach

Date

2034-03-26

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.117

17503683

Maximum Brightness

26.6

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

28.4

mag

Diameter

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2009-01-16

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

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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

1.062113

1-sigma variation

2.943E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.051886

1-sigma variation

2.107E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.2673

1-sigma variation

1.235E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

253.1585

1-sigma variation

5.899E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

316.6564

1-sigma variation

4.889E-5

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

299.65615

1-sigma variation

0.00056

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.007004

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.117222

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.006638

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.115052

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.004609

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

399.8110

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

1.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

A₁

Value

53878.53518

1-sigma variation

8366.23787

Unit

10^-15au/days²

A₂

Value

-1144.94472

1-sigma variation

83.14390

Unit

10^-15au/days²

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M	A₁	A₂
a	8.65865E-16	1.92388E-16	-2.54826E-14	9.67615E-14	3.97997E-13	-9.75225E-12	1.02101E-5	1.26787E-6
e	1.92388E-16	4.43959E-16	-1.23779E-14	4.75432E-14	-4.26497E-13	2.60060E-12	-1.32016E-4	-1.07045E-6
i	-2.54826E-14	-1.23779E-14	1.52420E-12	-6.27014E-12	-2.48752E-11	4.74832E-10	-1.72280E-3	-2.93165E-5
Ω	9.67615E-14	4.75432E-14	-6.27014E-12	3.47924E-11	5.51386E-11	-1.65539E-9	6.62763E-3	1.34512E-4
ω	3.97997E-13	-4.26497E-13	-2.48752E-11	5.51386E-11	2.39007E-9	-2.50668E-8	3.45922E-1	2.68097E-3
M	-9.75225E-12	2.60060E-12	4.74832E-10	-1.65539E-9	-2.50668E-8	3.15744E-7	-3.58866E0	-3.60730E-2
A₁	1.02101E-5	-1.32016E-4	-1.72280E-3	6.62763E-3	3.45922E-1	-3.58866E0	6.99938E7	5.58613E5
A₂	1.26787E-6	-1.07045E-6	-2.93165E-5	1.34512E-4	2.68097E-3	-3.60730E-2	5.58613E5	6.91291E3

Date of computation: 2025-03-31 15:34 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

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Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

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Taxonomy
Taxonomy (all)

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

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Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

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Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

28.405

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.45

Unit

Source

[2]

Diameter

Value

Unit

Source

[2]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

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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]	EARN	1.) Mommert, M. et al. (2014) Astrophys. J. 786, 148. (Constraining the Physical Properties of Near-Earth Object 2009 BD)

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

886

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

5048

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.307229

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2009-01-16.27641

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2011-06-20.97255

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

197 (0)

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

[-]

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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 2009BD 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	1954-07-23 04:08	> 1 d	0.1082163	0.0043545	0.1627704
EARTH	1955-07-16 10:32	763.9	0.0030403	0.0029204	0.0002722
EARTH	1956-07-09 09:20	46.4	0.0823614	0.0734652	0.0029665
EARTH	1957-07-13 03:41	49.9	0.1885875	0.1791511	0.0031455
EARTH	2007-02-01 03:26	2.6	0.1897483	0.1894434	0.0001016
EARTH	2008-02-03 06:38	3.3	0.0806750	0.0804810	0.0000647
EARTH	2009-01-25 06:24	< 1 min	0.0045875	0.0045870	0.0000002
EARTH	2009-10-20 17:58	< 1 min	0.0443802	0.0443801	0.0000000
EARTH	2010-05-07 18:59	< 1 min	0.0234919	0.0234918	0.0000000
EARTH	2010-07-12 02:20	< 1 min	0.0272288	0.0272288	0.0000000
EARTH	2011-06-02 00:51	< 1 min	0.0023133	0.0023109	0.0000008
EARTH	2022-12-01 07:42	> 1 d	0.1179981	0.1175182	0.0001609
EARTH	2023-06-26 23:49	29.1	0.1986355	0.1953210	0.0011048
EARTH	2034-03-26 00:11	59.0	0.1170049	0.1120993	0.0016361
EARTH	2034-09-12 02:23	> 1 d	0.1021442	0.1006718	0.0004912
EARTH	2046-04-14 16:37	942.4	0.0209772	0.0190395	0.0006683
EARTH	2061-03-28 17:37	> 1 d	0.0602296	0.0181816	0.0453350
EARTH	2061-09-06 19:16	> 1 mo	0.0727199	0.0352074	0.0171550
EARTH	2077-11-20 11:56	> 1 mo	0.0876386	0.0855185	0.0409773
EARTH	2078-06-30 00:31	> 1 w	0.1540633	0.0115372	0.5322075
EARTH	2094-01-05 04:36	> 1 mo	0.0714711	0.0483923	0.0203902
EARTH	2094-06-20 14:29	> 1 d	0.0602821	0.0079954	0.0575477
EARTH	2109-01-17 09:49	> 1 mo	0.0703756	0.0506704	0.0287398
EARTH	2109-06-18 21:52	> 1 w	0.0508226	0.0075839	0.0758997
EARTH	2122-11-27 09:17	> 1 mo	0.1020288	0.0958224	0.1034936
EARTH	2123-06-29 18:48	> 1 w	0.1794880	0.0109410	0.9788412

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
34.00733014	142.72836655	0.00460913	MINIMUM
192.03881879	299.74556179	0.12476133	SADDLE
14.97218704	302.57488131	1.99984456	SADDLE
194.10641672	121.70857678	2.12390246	MAXIMUM

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