Asteroids

2012BB14 help

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.958

Aphelion (Q)

1.168

Eccentricity (e)

0.099

Inclination (i)

2.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

400.2

Earth MOID

0.01674

U parameter

0.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2034-11-30

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.16906

25291301

Maximum Brightness

22.4

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

mag

Diameter

27 - 60*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2012-01-20

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

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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

61000.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.062878

1-sigma variation

1.901E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.098724

1-sigma variation

6.317E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.6406

1-sigma variation

7.446E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

316.7322

1-sigma variation

3.687E-5

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

255.5774

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

135.49366

1-sigma variation

0.00003

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.957947

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.167810

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.064275

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.040539

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.016739

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

400.2430

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.61396E-18	8.87281E-17	4.29102E-15	-2.19535E-14	9.52706E-15	1.66323E-14
e	8.87281E-17	3.99035E-15	-5.88255E-14	-4.49379E-14	-4.33869E-13	6.86669E-13
i	4.29102E-15	-5.88255E-14	5.54495E-11	-1.61084E-10	2.54844E-10	-9.17944E-11
Ω	-2.19535E-14	-4.49379E-14	-1.61084E-10	1.35973E-9	-1.27953E-9	-4.30376E-11
ω	9.52706E-15	-4.33869E-13	2.54844E-10	-1.27953E-9	2.66053E-9	-1.26008E-9
M	1.66323E-14	6.86669E-13	-9.17944E-11	-4.30376E-11	-1.26008E-9	1.18231E-9

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

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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

24.998

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

27 - 60*

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 Aegis	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

4275

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

713

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.643484

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2012-01-20.20156

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2023-10-04.42984

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

45 (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

[-]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	MPC	Minor Planet Center: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net

Computation parameters

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Final Date: *

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Close Approaches for 2012BB14 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
EARTH	1953-12-21 15:58	23.5	0.1447309	0.1447210	0.0000033
EARTH	1954-07-11 19:04	1.0	0.0273844	0.0273793	0.0000017
EARTH	1965-11-25 15:15	9.3	0.1699628	0.1699587	0.0000014
EARTH	1966-07-17 07:42	< 1 min	0.0982372	0.0982150	0.0000074
EARTH	1977-02-19 15:16	< 1 min	0.1120928	0.1120580	0.0000116
EARTH	1977-10-13 14:38	13.8	0.1708883	0.1708832	0.0000017
EARTH	1989-02-27 03:39	< 1 min	0.0194047	0.0194041	0.0000002
EARTH	1989-09-10 01:47	< 1 min	0.1409620	0.1409617	0.0000001
EARTH	2000-11-29 08:37	< 1 min	0.1689849	0.1689846	0.0000001
EARTH	2001-07-15 09:13	< 1 min	0.0841462	0.0841452	0.0000003
EARTH	2012-03-15 02:59	< 1 min	0.0483065	0.0483061	0.0000001
EARTH	2012-08-24 20:57	< 1 min	0.1234583	0.1234578	0.0000002
EARTH	2023-02-21 06:25	< 1 min	0.0681660	0.0681658	0.0000000
EARTH	2023-09-30 05:56	< 1 min	0.1647145	0.1647142	0.0000001
EARTH	2034-11-30 14:29	< 1 min	0.1690619	0.1690616	0.0000001
EARTH	2035-07-15 02:01	< 1 min	0.0822636	0.0822632	0.0000002
EARTH	2046-01-17 19:10	< 1 min	0.1114183	0.1114175	0.0000003
EARTH	2046-05-22 11:09	< 1 min	0.0634560	0.0634557	0.0000001
EARTH	2057-02-19 22:11	< 1 min	0.0712151	0.0712145	0.0000002
EARTH	2057-09-30 19:59	< 1 min	0.1651051	0.1651049	0.0000001
EARTH	2068-12-17 23:02	< 1 min	0.1494618	0.1494613	0.0000002
EARTH	2069-07-09 21:27	< 1 min	0.0257409	0.0257402	0.0000003
EARTH	2080-01-09 19:24	14.0	0.1241988	0.1241849	0.0000047
EARTH	2080-06-25 22:19	6.8	0.0498504	0.0498296	0.0000069
EARTH	2091-02-25 13:52	< 1 min	0.0203411	0.0203398	0.0000004
EARTH	2091-09-09 18:42	5.5	0.1438143	0.1438116	0.0000009
EARTH	2102-02-15 08:17	1.1	0.1951154	0.1950161	0.0000331
EARTH	2102-10-29 08:10	43.3	0.1816543	0.1816522	0.0000007
EARTH	2113-12-16 11:19	67.5	0.1535015	0.1534556	0.0000153
EARTH	2114-07-11 01:28	4.9	0.0304234	0.0303283	0.0000318
EARTH	2124-11-18 23:15	100.9	0.1829625	0.1829292	0.0000111
EARTH	2125-07-18 07:09	4.3	0.1551452	0.1548672	0.0000927

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
308.58442148	53.32699072	0.01693850	MINIMUM
69.34249228	184.92283264	0.02528277	MINIMUM
10.36161866	120.66733412	0.06645913	SADDLE
187.91073510	297.94687768	0.18130110	SADDLE
8.65118087	298.77689055	1.95056863	SADDLE
187.18629688	117.30434135	2.17367468	MAXIMUM

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