Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-03-29 00:18 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.792

Aphelion (Q)

2.906

Eccentricity (e)

0.572

Inclination (i)

4.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

918.1

Earth MOID

0.00005

U parameter

6.1

Next Earth close approach

Date

2025-05-19

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.14656

21924829

Maximum Brightness

29.9

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

mag

Diameter

4 - 9*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2020-04-27

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala

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

1.848677

1-sigma variation

0.000126

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.571784

1-sigma variation

0.000040

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

4.7311

1-sigma variation

0.0006

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

38.5094

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

245.6729

1-sigma variation

0.0014

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

341.23602

1-sigma variation

0.07880

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.791634

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.905721

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.634635

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.000275

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000051

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

918.1002

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

6.1

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.57884E-8	5.01666E-9	7.57435E-8	1.34939E-8	1.70432E-7	-9.90202E-6
e	5.01666E-9	1.59420E-9	2.40795E-8	4.28734E-9	5.42078E-8	-3.14630E-6
i	7.57435E-8	2.40795E-8	3.64313E-7	6.47208E-8	8.21157E-7	-4.75043E-5
Ω	1.34939E-8	4.28734E-9	6.47208E-8	1.15335E-8	1.45592E-7	-8.46295E-6
ω	1.70432E-7	5.42078E-8	8.21157E-7	1.45592E-7	1.85506E-6	-1.06891E-4
M	-9.90202E-6	-3.14630E-6	-4.75043E-5	-8.46295E-6	-1.06891E-4	6.21024E-3

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

[-]

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

29.03

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

4 - 9*

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

1795

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.568739

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2020-04-27.40719

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2020-04-28.76603

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

72 (4)

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

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Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2020HS7 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	1961-09-30 09:58	507.6	0.0934899	0.0811555	0.0044074
EARTH	1982-10-01 17:18	985.4	0.1054877	0.0791027	0.0097861
EARTH	1999-04-19 20:25	1052.9	0.1514471	0.1099863	0.0138210
EARTH	2020-04-28 18:50	< 1 s	0.0002857	0.0002856	0.0000000
EARTH	2025-05-19 17:41	987.2	0.1465584	0.1386512	0.0026363
EARTH	2040-09-02 13:29	> 1 d	0.1145298	0.0883571	0.0093150
EARTH	2045-09-18 10:20	1372.7	0.0900809	0.0653963	0.0106024
EARTH	2103-04-25 19:29	> 1 d	0.0742863	0.0027629	0.0447538
EARTH	2108-05-05 06:04	> 1 d	0.0506777	0.0026546	0.0184252
EARTH	2113-06-06 09:27	> 1 d	0.1931671	0.1718345	0.0071247
EARTH	2123-08-18 16:45	> 1 w	0.1800959	0.0610299	0.0478577

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
322.78674360	115.83292191	0.00012844	MINIMUM
37.61346228	249.55772304	0.06224427	MINIMUM
0.79589314	183.86788999	0.23468275	SADDLE
0.04391279	2.39068154	1.77345145	SADDLE
180.08857779	2.28894748	1.92619635	SADDLE
179.92639634	182.20412926	3.91919035	MAXIMUM

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