Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-04-30 06:31 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.759

Aphelion (Q)

2.035

Eccentricity (e)

0.457

Inclination (i)

5.5

deg

Orbit period (P)

603.1

Earth MOID

0.05001

U parameter

8.5

Next Earth close approach

Date

2042-10-02

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.09143

13677685

Maximum Brightness

22.4

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

24.7

mag

Diameter

30 - 70*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-04-09

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala

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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

1.396976

1-sigma variation

0.002594

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.456842

1-sigma variation

0.001372

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

5.4565

1-sigma variation

0.0114

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

62.6100

1-sigma variation

0.0243

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

224.9335

1-sigma variation

0.0248

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

316.33352

1-sigma variation

0.15210

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.758779

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.035174

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.646877

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.177286

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.050006

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

603.0899

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.5

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.73076E-6	3.55831E-6	2.94267E-5	6.14266E-5	-6.30242E-5	3.94599E-4
e	3.55831E-6	1.88115E-6	1.55570E-5	3.24729E-5	-3.33167E-5	2.08610E-4
i	2.94267E-5	1.55570E-5	1.28847E-4	2.66197E-4	-2.73270E-4	1.72524E-3
Ω	6.14266E-5	3.24729E-5	2.66197E-4	5.89497E-4	-6.02862E-4	3.60035E-3
ω	-6.30242E-5	-3.33167E-5	-2.73270E-4	-6.02862E-4	6.16807E-4	-3.69406E-3
M	3.94599E-4	2.08610E-4	1.72524E-3	3.60035E-3	-3.69406E-3	2.31338E-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

24.712

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

30 - 70*

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

0.577676

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-04-09.572916

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-04-14.324861

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

24 (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]

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 2024GW3 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
EARTH	1953-04-18 01:54	> 1 w	0.0683158	0.0516266	0.2838224
EARTH	1971-10-02 15:43	> 1 d	0.1024118	0.0825837	0.0139245
EARTH	1986-05-12 08:22	> 1 mo	0.1559764	0.0663567	0.1789167
EARTH	1991-04-14 13:07	> 1 w	0.1271556	0.0522207	0.2198050
MARS	1998-05-11 09:24	> 1 d	0.0308803	0.0302460	0.0321709
EARTH	2009-09-26 01:10	> 1 w	0.0884844	0.0808079	0.0751014
EARTH	2024-04-21 23:43	< 1 min	0.0500468	0.0496316	0.0001384
EARTH	2042-10-02 00:27	> 1 w	0.0914297	0.0803889	0.1404240
EARTH	2057-05-12 04:44	> 1 mo	0.1536139	0.0639024	0.4559228
EARTH	2062-04-16 04:03	> 1 mo	0.1079716	0.0503782	0.6041021
MARS	2066-01-25 13:55	773.7	0.0417931	0.0285300	0.3889949
EARTH	2080-09-27 22:19	> 1 w	0.0818009	0.0797982	0.0565697
EARTH	2095-04-29 00:49	> 1 mo	0.0799722	0.0497383	0.3945096
EARTH	2113-10-07 22:27	> 1 w	0.1471263	0.0795534	0.4934964
EARTH	2118-09-11 14:43	> 1 mo	0.1722072	0.0776714	0.1687694

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