Asteroids

2014FO38 help

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.441

Aphelion (Q)

1.037

Eccentricity (e)

0.404

Inclination (i)

9.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

232.0

Earth MOID

0.01080

U parameter

0.5

Next Earth close approach

Date

2028-04-20

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.07167

10721091

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.3

mag

Diameter

15 - 30*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2014-03-28

Observatory

Catalina Sky Survey

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

External links

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

0.738842

1-sigma variation

8.173E-10

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.403690

1-sigma variation

2.222E-7

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

9.6935

1-sigma variation

3.010E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

10.3606

1-sigma variation

5.542E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

14.4542

1-sigma variation

4.538E-5

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

267.27682

1-sigma variation

0.00009

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.440579

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.037105

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.556214

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.015066

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.010796

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

231.9667

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.5

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.68040E-19	-8.86964E-17	-1.16293E-14	1.98025E-15	-1.80752E-14	2.77214E-14
e	-8.86964E-17	4.93944E-14	5.54910E-12	-9.42399E-13	1.00387E-11	-1.99801E-11
i	-1.16293E-14	5.54910E-12	9.06021E-10	-1.53594E-10	1.17449E-9	-2.23961E-9
Ω	1.98025E-15	-9.42399E-13	-1.53594E-10	3.07099E-11	-2.04616E-10	3.81547E-10
ω	-1.80752E-14	1.00387E-11	1.17449E-9	-2.04616E-10	2.05940E-9	-4.07656E-9
M	2.77214E-14	-1.99801E-11	-2.23961E-9	3.81547E-10	-4.07656E-9	8.23974E-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

[-]

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

26.288

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

15 - 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

Radar R

Unit

Source

[3]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	Estimation	Estimated from absolute magnitude
[3]	EARN	1.) href="http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/index.html">JPL's NEO Radar Detection Program Webpage

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

2573

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

1627

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.546195

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2014-03-28.3521

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-04-13.08009

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

85 (4)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

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

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2014-03-29

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2014-03-29

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

2 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	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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Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

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Close Approaches for 2014FO38 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	1953-03-21 20:27	< 1 min	0.1158759	0.1158727	0.0000011
EARTH	1960-03-23 19:16	< 1 min	0.0421999	0.0421978	0.0000007
EARTH	1967-03-29 04:39	< 1 min	0.0128935	0.0128935	0.0000000
EARTH	1974-04-06 00:18	< 1 min	0.0380427	0.0380421	0.0000002
EARTH	1981-04-18 06:46	< 1 min	0.0653840	0.0653831	0.0000003
EARTH	1988-04-29 01:00	< 1 min	0.0960667	0.0960659	0.0000002
EARTH	1993-03-22 18:49	< 1 min	0.1975037	0.1975033	0.0000001
EARTH	1995-05-04 09:46	< 1 min	0.1527683	0.1527678	0.0000002
EARTH	2000-03-21 17:50	< 1 min	0.1077737	0.1077734	0.0000001
EARTH	2007-03-25 05:37	< 1 min	0.0336824	0.0336821	0.0000001
EARTH	2014-03-29 04:42	< 1 s	0.0124048	0.0124048	0.0000000
EARTH	2021-04-07 10:58	< 1 min	0.0429841	0.0429837	0.0000001
EARTH	2028-04-20 14:36	< 1 min	0.0716661	0.0716654	0.0000002
EARTH	2035-05-01 09:52	< 1 min	0.1077834	0.1077828	0.0000002
EARTH	2040-03-22 05:31	< 1 min	0.1739763	0.1739756	0.0000002
EARTH	2042-05-04 11:32	< 1 min	0.1732700	0.1732691	0.0000003
EARTH	2047-03-22 20:55	< 1 min	0.0841912	0.0841905	0.0000002
EARTH	2054-03-26 12:30	< 1 min	0.0185815	0.0185811	0.0000001
EARTH	2061-03-28 14:24	< 1 min	0.0110192	0.0110191	0.0000000
EARTH	2068-04-01 14:34	< 1 min	0.0260680	0.0260668	0.0000004
EARTH	2075-04-12 00:43	< 1 min	0.0540313	0.0540300	0.0000004
EARTH	2082-04-23 14:55	< 1 min	0.0791957	0.0791942	0.0000005
EARTH	2089-05-01 10:47	< 1 min	0.1147172	0.1147151	0.0000007
EARTH	2094-03-22 18:06	< 1 min	0.1725987	0.1725959	0.0000009
EARTH	2096-05-03 22:09	< 1 min	0.1733946	0.1733922	0.0000008
EARTH	2101-03-23 07:23	< 1 min	0.0903647	0.0903625	0.0000007
EARTH	2108-03-25 20:32	< 1 min	0.0288548	0.0288537	0.0000004
EARTH	2115-03-29 01:15	< 1 min	0.0107591	0.0107588	0.0000001
EARTH	2122-03-27 05:10	< 1 min	0.0205955	0.0205912	0.0000014

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
153.69514789	84.37769411	0.01151637	MINIMUM
356.31866574	278.90418912	0.55669150	SADDLE
355.63012708	97.87807686	1.44314048	SADDLE
177.62255665	279.96722990	2.03337294	MAXIMUM

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