Asteroids

423709 2006BQ6 help

Last update: 2025-09-10 00:30 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.876

Aphelion (Q)

2.067

Eccentricity (e)

0.405

Inclination (i)

13.0

deg

Orbit period (P)

652.2

Earth MOID

0.01055

U parameter

0.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2031-07-29

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.03724

5570981

Maximum Brightness

16.7

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

19.6

mag

Diameter

300

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

4.416

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2006-01-22

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

External links

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

61000.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.471776

1-sigma variation

2.917E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.404724

1-sigma variation

2.193E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

13.0024

1-sigma variation

6.972E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

307.5929

1-sigma variation

7.594E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

304.8729

1-sigma variation

9.700E-6

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

317.30680

1-sigma variation

0.00001

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.876113

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.067440

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.016840

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.615833

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.010550

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

652.1705

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	8.51085E-18	-4.69395E-17	-1.91594E-15	-1.67813E-15	1.43537E-14	-3.92046E-14
e	-4.69395E-17	4.81070E-16	9.24213E-15	1.44317E-14	-9.77696E-14	2.10114E-13
i	-1.91594E-15	9.24213E-15	4.86143E-11	2.94370E-11	-3.35438E-11	1.05173E-11
Ω	-1.67813E-15	1.44317E-14	2.94370E-11	5.76747E-11	-5.80839E-11	7.64290E-12
ω	1.43537E-14	-9.77696E-14	-3.35438E-11	-5.80839E-11	9.40991E-11	-7.40508E-11
M	-3.92046E-14	2.10114E-13	1.05173E-11	7.64290E-12	-7.40508E-11	1.85216E-10

Date of computation: 2025-09-10 00:30 UTC

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

Download ASCII file:

Physical properties

Rotation Period
Quality
Amplitude
Rotation Direction
Spinvector L
Spinvector B

Rotational properties

Value

Unit

Source

Rotation Period

Value

4.416

Unit

Source

[1]

[2]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

[2]

Amplitude

Value

1.6

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

[2]

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

19.621

Unit

mag

Source

[3]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[3]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.256

Unit

Source

[4]

Diameter

Value

300

Unit

Source

[4]

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

[5]

Download this part as:

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	EARN	1.) Pray, D.P. et al. (2007) MPB 34, 44-46. (LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS OF ASTEROIDS 2006 BQ6,2942,2943,3402,3533,6497, 6815,7033,12336,AND 14211) 2.) Krugly, Yu. N. et al. (2006) IAU Symp. 236, 385-390. (Kharkiv study of near-Earth asteroids) (1036,1627,1685, 1862,1980,3103,3200,4179,6611,8567,11405,13553,23187,54509, 66251,100085,1999LF6,2004XP14,2005AB,2006CV69,2006BQ6)
[2]	EARN	1.) Pray, D.P. et al. (2007) MPB 34, 44-46. (LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS OF ASTEROIDS 2006 BQ6,2942,2943,3402,3533,6497, 6815,7033,12336,AND 14211)
[3]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[4]	EARN	1.) Usui, F. et al. (2011) Pub. Astron. Soc. Japan 63, 1117-1138. (Asteroid Catalog Using AKARI: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey)
[5]	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

6850

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

362

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.428888

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2006-01-22.43948

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-10-24.369836

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

612 (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

2006-07-31

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2006-07-31

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

2 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

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 Aegis	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

As seen from:

Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

Output option:

One line per time step

Time step:*

* - these fields are required

Close Approaches for 423709 2006BQ6 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
MARS	1964-11-26 06:08	< 1 s	0.0257830	0.0257825	0.0000002
EARTH	1972-08-08 17:27	< 1 min	0.0929084	0.0929066	0.0000006
EARTH	2006-07-29 10:20	< 1 s	0.0370040	0.0370039	0.0000000
EARTH	2031-07-29 18:13	< 1 min	0.0372397	0.0372384	0.0000004
EARTH	2072-08-06 10:19	< 1 min	0.0559106	0.0559027	0.0000026
EARTH	2097-08-03 19:44	< 1 min	0.0225629	0.0225520	0.0000036

Download as:

Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
38.94840904	207.61399301	0.00936148	MINIMUM
315.25399578	84.04232979	0.20703049	MINIMUM
346.00217201	128.33922323	0.23930518	SADDLE
177.74013431	329.65350122	1.11449217	SADDLE
359.55808937	329.68287857	1.85389008	SADDLE
181.53281115	152.13321198	3.07046132	MAXIMUM

Download:

MOID Plots

Click on the images to zoom-in and zoom-out