Asteroids

2008PF1 help

Last update: 2024-04-24 13:40 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.687

Aphelion (Q)

2.032

Eccentricity (e)

0.495

Inclination (i)

2.8

deg

Orbit period (P)

579.2

Earth MOID

0.00773

U parameter

1.1

Next Earth close approach

Date

2027-08-27

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.11224

16791194

Maximum Brightness

20.7

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

22.1

mag

Diameter

100 - 230*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2008-08-03

Observatory

Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico

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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

1.359864

1-sigma variation

2.286E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.494606

1-sigma variation

9.709E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.7551

1-sigma variation

1.640E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

129.5574

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

284.2289

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

271.32978

1-sigma variation

0.00010

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.687268

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.032460

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.069116

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.155396

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.007726

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

579.2175

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

1.1

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	5.22618E-16	2.17310E-15	-1.40011E-13	-5.18607E-13	8.06638E-13	-2.28899E-12
e	2.17310E-15	9.42622E-15	-5.64672E-13	-1.91118E-12	3.03253E-12	-9.46818E-12
i	-1.40011E-13	-5.64672E-13	2.68893E-10	1.54665E-9	-1.63548E-9	6.25482E-10
Ω	-5.18607E-13	-1.91118E-12	1.54665E-9	1.07859E-8	-1.11660E-8	2.34592E-9
ω	8.06638E-13	3.03253E-12	-1.63548E-9	-1.11660E-8	1.17471E-8	-3.63409E-9
M	-2.28899E-12	-9.46818E-12	6.25482E-10	2.34592E-9	-3.63409E-9	1.00474E-8

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

Unit

Source

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Quality

Value

Unit

Source

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Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

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Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

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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

22.099

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

100 - 230*

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 ODIM	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

4243

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

1500

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.449487

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2008-08-03.27394

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2020-03-16.2385

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

132 (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

[3]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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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 2008PF1 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
VENUS	1949-12-31 23:47	6.2	0.0298837	0.0298782	0.0000018
EARTH	1950-02-08 11:38	1.9	0.0231783	0.0231146	0.0000212
VENUS	1969-01-28 02:14	1.4	0.0311528	0.0311486	0.0000014
EARTH	1973-09-02 19:29	1.2	0.1598678	0.1598524	0.0000051
EARTH	1977-02-17 13:22	< 1 min	0.1930246	0.1930092	0.0000052
EARTH	1981-08-11 09:08	< 1 min	0.1183999	0.1183871	0.0000043
EARTH	1985-01-30 04:19	< 1 min	0.1038190	0.1038110	0.0000027
VENUS	1996-01-08 19:45	< 1 min	0.0372704	0.0372640	0.0000021
EARTH	2008-08-15 13:59	< 1 s	0.0445551	0.0445549	0.0000001
EARTH	2012-02-03 07:51	< 1 min	0.0721096	0.0721089	0.0000002
VENUS	2026-03-05 11:56	< 1 min	0.0130497	0.0130409	0.0000029
EARTH	2027-08-27 15:03	< 1 min	0.1122422	0.1122255	0.0000056
EARTH	2031-02-07 13:44	2.1	0.0177076	0.0176436	0.0000213
EARTH	2042-02-17 02:19	4.8	0.1592868	0.1590826	0.0000680
VENUS	2051-05-27 06:13	27.1	0.0064648	0.0061846	0.0000937
EARTH	2064-02-07 17:16	654.4	0.0290033	0.0107227	0.0066249
EARTH	2071-08-13 00:14	475.8	0.1018208	0.0852714	0.0055247
VENUS	2071-10-15 20:46	> 1 d	0.0371306	0.0339080	0.0014733
EARTH	2085-09-06 17:16	> 1 d	0.1773217	0.1151089	0.0207457
EARTH	2089-01-19 06:42	> 1 d	0.1796585	0.1097044	0.0233909
VENUS	2092-01-10 04:51	> 1 w	0.0236097	0.0046432	0.0182719
EARTH	2103-02-20 16:57	> 1 d	0.1898179	0.0097921	0.0786482
EARTH	2110-09-01 21:36	> 1 w	0.1467277	0.0104784	0.1340924
VENUS	2112-05-25 05:29	> 1 mo	0.0359206	0.0322782	0.0384435
EARTH	2114-01-18 12:04	> 1 mo	0.1866280	0.0202004	0.1345604

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