Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-05-03 07:31 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.337

Aphelion (Q)

3.890

Eccentricity (e)

0.840

Inclination (i)

1.3

deg

Orbit period (P)

1122.4

Earth MOID

0.00442

U parameter

8.7

Next Earth close approach

Date

2042-12-11

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.19227

28763234

Maximum Brightness

26.3

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.5

mag

Diameter

14 - 30*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-04-04

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

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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

2.113637

1-sigma variation

0.008299

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.840482

1-sigma variation

0.000803

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.2731

1-sigma variation

0.0021

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

207.2982

1-sigma variation

0.0063

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

105.4721

1-sigma variation

0.0094

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

344.48209

1-sigma variation

0.10286

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.337164

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.890110

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.205508

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.487363

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.004416

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1122.3904

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.7

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.88762E-5	6.66340E-6	1.71439E-5	-4.16557E-5	7.31337E-5	8.53688E-4
e	6.66340E-6	6.44654E-7	1.65777E-6	-4.02158E-6	7.06823E-6	8.25898E-5
i	1.71439E-5	1.65777E-6	4.40840E-6	-1.18191E-5	1.94610E-5	2.12477E-4
Ω	-4.16557E-5	-4.02158E-6	-1.18191E-5	4.01131E-5	-5.71490E-5	-5.16159E-4
ω	7.31337E-5	7.06823E-6	1.94610E-5	-5.71490E-5	8.88873E-5	9.06337E-4
M	8.53688E-4	8.25898E-5	2.12477E-4	-5.16159E-4	9.06337E-4	1.05811E-2

Date of computation: 2024-04-23 11:53 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

26.469

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

14 - 30*

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

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.912339

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-04-04.296863

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-04-05.36712

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

26 (1)

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]

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

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 2024GO 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
MERCURY	1950-09-17 11:22	> 1 mo	0.0462379	0.0438284	2.2272803
EARTH	1956-12-10 04:55	> 1 mo	0.1944725	0.0110511	3.2756528
MERCURY	1975-03-08 06:25	> 1 mo	0.0213042	0.0196421	0.6250996
EARTH	1981-03-29 19:34	> 1 mo	0.1363534	0.0052561	0.7545970
EARTH	1999-11-30 05:47	> 1 mo	0.0322949	0.0139693	0.7675070
EARTH	2024-04-05 17:05	< 1 s	0.0055842	0.0055639	0.0000068
EARTH	2042-12-11 09:03	> 1 w	0.1922703	0.0174321	0.6146557
MERCURY	2052-01-08 12:45	> 1 mo	0.0463746	0.0222805	0.8993665
MERCURY	2064-04-20 18:48	> 1 mo	0.0397494	0.0247728	0.9838835
MERCURY	2076-09-01 18:01	> 1 mo	0.0450649	0.0419870	0.4662891
EARTH	2082-12-07 23:06	> 1 w	0.1269417	0.0208259	0.6306710
EARTH	2119-12-05 21:33	> 1 mo	0.0414824	0.0218760	0.6677921

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2024GO

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS
2073-04-05.590	78302.590	-0.832	0.72 ± 0.023	1.46E5	3.13E-6	2.97E-6	-5.69
2080-04-06.095	80860.095	1.736	0.94 ± 0.016	1.57E6	7.49E-8	7.41E-8	-7.36
2084-04-05.634	82320.634	4.301	1.07 ± 0.018	7.68E4	8.28E-11	8.71E-11	-10.33


Based on 26 optical observations (of which 1 are rejected as outliers) from 2024/04/04.297 to 2024/04/05.367.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.07 and 1.07 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
Aegis software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20240405 145539.539 UTC.

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