Asteroids

12538 1998OH help

Last update: 2024-04-26 13:54 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.916

Aphelion (Q)

2.168

Eccentricity (e)

0.406

Inclination (i)

24.5

deg

Orbit period (P)

699.1

Earth MOID

0.02898

U parameter

0.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2042-05-03

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.02921

4369545

Maximum Brightness

17.2

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

15.9

mag

Diameter

1663

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

2.580

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

1998-07-19

Observatory

Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS

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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

1.541618

1-sigma variation

2.970E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.406013

1-sigma variation

1.584E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

24.5386

1-sigma variation

3.361E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

220.6952

1-sigma variation

6.087E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

321.7868

1-sigma variation

6.769E-6

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

214.08097

1-sigma variation

3.352E-6

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.915701

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.167535

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.031522

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.899289

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.028983

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

699.1392

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	8.81968E-18	-1.93657E-18	3.64070E-16	6.10177E-16	-4.07528E-15	-5.28568E-15
e	-1.93657E-18	2.50897E-16	-5.21736E-15	7.28466E-15	1.78079E-15	-1.00197E-14
i	3.64070E-16	-5.21736E-15	1.12969E-11	8.06204E-12	-8.98344E-12	9.98003E-13
Ω	6.10177E-16	7.28466E-15	8.06204E-12	3.70505E-11	-3.35150E-11	3.43439E-13
ω	-4.07528E-15	1.78079E-15	-8.98344E-12	-3.35150E-11	4.58141E-11	-7.47877E-12
M	-5.28568E-15	-1.00197E-14	9.98003E-13	3.43439E-13	-7.47877E-12	1.12361E-11

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

2.580

5.833

2.585

Unit

Source

[2]

[4]

[1]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[4]

Amplitude

Value

0.23

0.22

0.12

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

[2]

[4]

Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Spinvector L

Value

198

Unit

Source

[1]

Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Taxonomy
Taxonomy (all)

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

[3]

Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

[3]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

15.896

Unit

mag

Source

[5]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[5]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.232

Unit

Source

[6]

Diameter

Value

1663

Unit

Source

[6]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Visual S

Unit

Source

[3]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	EARN	1.) Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Photometric Survey (NEAPS): Paper 4. Skiff, Brian A et al.
[2]	EARN	1.) Near-Earth Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Center for Solar System Studies: 2019 March-July, B.D. Warner
[3]	EARN	1.) Binzel, R.P. et al. (2004) Icarus 170, 259-294. (Observed spectral properties of near-Earth objects: results for population distribution, source regions, and space weathering processes.)
[4]	EARN	1.) Warner, B.D. (2015) MPB 42, 115-127. (NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS AT CS3-PALMER DIVIDE STATION: 2014 OCTOBER-DECEMBER)(43NEAs)
[5]	ESA ODIM	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[6]	EARN	1.) Mainzer, A. et al. (2011) ApJ 743, 156. (NEOWISE Observations of Near-Earth Objects: Preliminary Results) (albedo and diameters of 428 NEOs) 2.) Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; et al. (2011) Astrophys. J. 741, A90. See also Grav 2012b and Masiero 2012.

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

11773

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

115

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.300872

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

1991-10-10.31944

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-01-03.08393

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

11061 (35)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Delay (Discarded)
Doppler (Discarded)
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2019-05-14

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2019-05-14

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

1 (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

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Close approaches for 12538 1998OH 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	1975-05-04 23:14	< 1 min	0.0372121	0.0372108	0.0000004
EARTH	1998-04-20 10:53	< 1 min	0.1438096	0.1438085	0.0000004
EARTH	2019-05-16 09:48	< 1 s	0.1868278	0.1868277	0.0000001
EARTH	2042-05-03 07:21	< 1 min	0.0292086	0.0292084	0.0000001
EARTH	2065-04-22 23:35	< 1 min	0.1158669	0.1158559	0.0000036
EARTH	2109-05-08 12:46	< 1 min	0.0701051	0.0700915	0.0000045

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