Asteroids

2014RC help

Last update: 2024-04-25 12:45 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.821

Aphelion (Q)

1.807

Eccentricity (e)

0.375

Inclination (i)

4.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

550.2

Earth MOID

0.00017

U parameter

2.6

Next Earth close approach

Date

2026-11-03

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.17476

26143556

Maximum Brightness

31.9

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.7

mag

Diameter

12 - 27*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

0.004389

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2014-09-01

Observatory

Catalina Sky 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

60400.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.314014

1-sigma variation

6.781E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.375152

1-sigma variation

0.000001

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

4.5673

1-sigma variation

2.793E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

344.8876

1-sigma variation

9.207E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

71.0629

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

92.55248

1-sigma variation

0.00201

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.821059

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.806969

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.000662

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.293968

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000171

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

550.1719

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

2.6

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	4.59860E-15	3.19798E-14	-1.11286E-12	6.03517E-13	5.77025E-12	-1.36383E-10
e	3.19798E-14	2.67473E-13	-6.48708E-12	4.03141E-12	4.98130E-11	-9.53404E-10
i	-1.11286E-12	-6.48708E-12	7.80246E-10	-1.98566E-10	-1.08557E-9	3.26925E-8
Ω	6.03517E-13	4.03141E-12	-1.98566E-10	8.47629E-11	7.17426E-10	-1.78631E-8
ω	5.77025E-12	4.98130E-11	-1.08557E-9	7.17426E-10	9.32510E-9	-1.72213E-7
M	-1.36383E-10	-9.53404E-10	3.26925E-8	-1.78631E-8	-1.72213E-7	4.04540E-6

Date of computation: 2024-04-23 10:08 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

0.004389

Unit

Source

[3]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Amplitude

Value

0.1

Unit

mag

Source

[3]

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

[2]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

26.749

Unit

mag

Source

[4]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[4]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[5]

Diameter

Value

12 - 27*

Unit

Source

[5]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Radar R

Unit

Source

[6]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	EARN	1.) Maxime Devogèle et al 2019 AJ 158 196
[2]	EARN	Earth Asteroids Research Node: https://earn.dlr.de
[3]	EARN	1.) NASA/JPL NEO Program Office (2014) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news185.html
[4]	ESA ODIM	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[5]	Estimation	Estimated from absolute magnitude
[6]	EARN	1.) href="http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/index.html">JPL's NEO Radar Detection Program Webpage

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

3518

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.470599

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2014-08-20.428953

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2014-09-07.71777

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

245 (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

2014-09-06

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2014-09-07

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

2 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

2 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

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

Computation parameters

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Close approaches for 2014RC 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	1964-01-22 00:05	756.2	0.1123813	0.0873711	0.0083744
EARTH	1968-11-20 21:15	> 1 d	0.1520494	0.1502177	0.0006111
EARTH	1973-09-05 22:41	35.5	0.0112623	0.0104927	0.0002566
EARTH	1987-01-17 00:32	17.0	0.0370343	0.0366704	0.0001215
EARTH	1991-09-27 04:02	59.6	0.0989313	0.0986089	0.0001075
MARS	1999-09-22 13:59	< 1 min	0.0372466	0.0369816	0.0000884
EARTH	2009-12-30 12:41	16.3	0.0864023	0.0862891	0.0000377
EARTH	2014-09-07 18:00	< 1 s	0.0002668	0.0002668	0.0000000
EARTH	2017-09-11 14:27	6.7	0.0388493	0.0387365	0.0000376
EARTH	2020-09-22 22:56	16.0	0.0993020	0.0991818	0.0000401
EARTH	2023-10-14 11:26	28.7	0.1488699	0.1487933	0.0000256
EARTH	2026-11-03 12:25	33.0	0.1747589	0.1747273	0.0000105
EARTH	2029-11-23 07:27	33.4	0.1799256	0.1799158	0.0000033
EARTH	2032-12-14 07:07	30.6	0.1619618	0.1619067	0.0000184
EARTH	2036-01-08 18:04	17.0	0.1174294	0.1173230	0.0000355
EARTH	2039-01-22 00:13	6.4	0.0621066	0.0620369	0.0000232
EARTH	2042-01-27 18:42	4.5	0.0633563	0.0632815	0.0000250
EARTH	2045-02-02 00:32	3.6	0.1367729	0.1366474	0.0000418
EARTH	2106-08-27 11:17	2.2	0.1908385	0.1907433	0.0000317
EARTH	2109-09-01 16:08	2.8	0.0997838	0.0996876	0.0000320
EARTH	2112-09-06 20:53	3.2	0.0226891	0.0226078	0.0000271
EARTH	2115-09-08 23:26	6.2	0.0075596	0.0074149	0.0000482
EARTH	2118-08-29 00:03	66.1	0.1662122	0.1634738	0.0009128

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