Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-03-19 14:32 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60330.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.822

Aphelion (Q)

1.991

Eccentricity (e)

0.416

Inclination (i)

8.0

deg

Orbit period (P)

609.2

Earth MOID

0.00001

U parameter

5.1

Next Earth close approach

Date

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object impacted Earth on 2024-01-21 00:32:44

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

32.7

mag

Diameter

0.8 - 1.7*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-01-20

Observatory

GINOP-KHK, Piszkesteto

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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

60329.9991

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.406329

1-sigma variation

0.000018

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.415578

1-sigma variation

0.000009

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

8.0311

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

300.1067

1-sigma variation

5.607E-7

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

243.9874

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

332.71066

1-sigma variation

0.00066

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.821889

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.990769

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.408036

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.000024

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000010

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

609.1564

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

5.1

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.18357E-10	1.68347E-10	3.31638E-9	-7.37779E-12	9.45886E-10	1.18086E-8
e	1.68347E-10	8.90908E-11	1.75551E-9	-3.88234E-12	5.17406E-10	6.24013E-9
i	3.31638E-9	1.75551E-9	3.49132E-8	-8.06437E-11	1.03048E-8	1.22903E-7
Ω	-7.37779E-12	-3.88234E-12	-8.06437E-11	3.14392E-13	-1.72054E-11	-2.74887E-10
ω	9.45886E-10	5.17406E-10	1.03048E-8	-1.72054E-11	7.10585E-9	3.40291E-8
M	1.18086E-8	6.24013E-9	1.22903E-7	-2.74887E-10	3.40291E-8	4.38265E-7

Date of computation: 2024-03-20 10:48 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

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Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

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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

32.707

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

0.8 - 1.7*

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

0.1

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

424

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.578713

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-01-20.90865

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-01-21.017179

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

328 (15)

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 2024BX1 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	1950-02-19 19:43	94.3	0.1476750	0.1473094	0.0001219
EARTH	1953-06-13 02:30	1.4	0.1269979	0.1268278	0.0000567
EARTH	1967-01-17 18:25	64.1	0.0333962	0.0316892	0.0005690
EARTH	1970-05-14 03:57	23.4	0.1620880	0.1619263	0.0000539
EARTH	1987-01-27 09:09	630.1	0.0616283	0.0522773	0.0031179
EARTH	1990-06-06 00:15	315.8	0.0958272	0.0937973	0.0007839
EARTH	2007-03-23 04:17	1054.8	0.1920060	0.1911714	0.0002795
EARTH	2024-01-21 00:39	< 1 s	0.0000052	0.0000052	0.0000000

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
314.51813666	14.68508703	0.00034581	MINIMUM
53.45440767	151.87704428	0.09122385	MINIMUM
7.06174924	87.80081899	0.19600947	SADDLE
182.30567494	260.52067361	0.84463907	SADDLE
3.26792772	262.15913392	1.83500292	SADDLE
180.95610351	79.60055463	2.82665323	MAXIMUM

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