Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-07-29 02:36 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.720

Aphelion (Q)

1.276

Eccentricity (e)

0.279

Inclination (i)

1.8

deg

Orbit period (P)

364.2

Earth MOID

0.00625

U parameter

0.7

Next Earth close approach

Date

2025-11-14

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.03767

5635692

Maximum Brightness

22.1

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.7

mag

Diameter

19 - 40*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2019-11-09

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

0.997979

1-sigma variation

9.720E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.278946

1-sigma variation

0.000001

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.7673

1-sigma variation

1.550E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

278.2498

1-sigma variation

0.0006

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

238.9029

1-sigma variation

0.0006

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

97.57153

1-sigma variation

0.00003

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.719597

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.276360

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.059746

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.179679

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.006251

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

364.1500

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.7

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	9.44706E-17	4.32345E-15	-4.59237E-15	1.28890E-12	-1.00413E-12	1.78897E-13
e	4.32345E-15	4.07274E-13	3.72154E-12	-7.63390E-11	1.02283E-10	2.06583E-11
i	-4.59237E-15	3.72154E-12	2.40244E-10	-9.48551E-9	9.69095E-9	2.23842E-10
Ω	1.28890E-12	-7.63390E-11	-9.48551E-9	3.99829E-7	-4.02771E-7	-5.93555E-9
ω	-1.00413E-12	1.02283E-10	9.69095E-9	-4.02771E-7	4.07421E-7	7.20391E-9
M	1.78897E-13	2.06583E-11	2.23842E-10	-5.93555E-9	7.20391E-9	1.11466E-9

Date of computation: 2025-07-29 02:36 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

[-]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

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

25.734

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

19 - 40*

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

1827

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

306

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.647282

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2019-11-09.22756

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-11-09.14024

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

41 (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

[-]

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: *

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2019VL5 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	2014-11-09 09:31	< 1 min	0.1676845	0.1676831	0.0000005
EARTH	2015-11-11 10:13	< 1 min	0.1274460	0.1274450	0.0000004
EARTH	2016-11-12 05:39	< 1 min	0.0901517	0.0901509	0.0000002
EARTH	2017-11-13 20:06	< 1 s	0.0578168	0.0578164	0.0000001
EARTH	2018-11-15 01:57	< 1 s	0.0343934	0.0343932	0.0000000
EARTH	2019-11-15 22:18	< 1 s	0.0236830	0.0236828	0.0000001
EARTH	2020-11-15 09:40	< 1 s	0.0217529	0.0217527	0.0000001
EARTH	2021-11-15 17:48	< 1 s	0.0217412	0.0217410	0.0000001
EARTH	2022-11-15 22:21	< 1 s	0.0217056	0.0217054	0.0000001
EARTH	2023-11-16 01:19	< 1 s	0.0218585	0.0218583	0.0000001
EARTH	2024-11-14 23:42	< 1 s	0.0246075	0.0246073	0.0000001
EARTH	2025-11-14 12:50	< 1 s	0.0376723	0.0376720	0.0000001
EARTH	2026-11-13 16:44	< 1 min	0.0638198	0.0638191	0.0000002
EARTH	2027-11-12 14:49	< 1 min	0.0967164	0.0967155	0.0000003
EARTH	2028-11-10 08:18	< 1 min	0.1337887	0.1337875	0.0000004
EARTH	2029-11-08 22:05	< 1 min	0.1736955	0.1736940	0.0000005

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
93.78406026	164.47269301	0.00625104	MINIMUM
272.22221942	311.58509205	0.02174716	MINIMUM
182.44196482	237.35950841	0.26907467	SADDLE
4.09542815	59.24851119	0.27236618	SADDLE
3.91449050	238.99186585	1.72823741	SADDLE
182.06566217	57.06382900	2.26690910	MAXIMUM

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