Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-11-03 13:00 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.381

Aphelion (Q)

3.446

Eccentricity (e)

0.801

Inclination (i)

6.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

966.8

Earth MOID

0.00999

U parameter

0.7

Next Earth close approach

Date

2036-03-04

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.1509

22573615

Maximum Brightness

20.6

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

21.3

mag

Diameter

150 - 300*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2020-03-22

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala

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

1.913542

1-sigma variation

5.085E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.800875

1-sigma variation

5.439E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

6.5616

1-sigma variation

1.371E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

39.3302

1-sigma variation

1.538E-5

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

242.1694

1-sigma variation

1.890E-5

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

26.75591

1-sigma variation

3.212E-6

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.381033

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.446050

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.103035

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.509201

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.009993

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

966.8416

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.7

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.58567E-15	-2.17456E-15	-5.62412E-13	4.52117E-14	4.68065E-13	-4.19723E-14
e	-2.17456E-15	2.95821E-15	5.36376E-13	-8.86566E-14	-5.39160E-13	-8.68885E-15
i	-5.62412E-13	5.36376E-13	1.88002E-10	-4.11350E-11	-8.09473E-11	4.93517E-12
Ω	4.52117E-14	-8.86566E-14	-4.11350E-11	2.36562E-10	-2.26060E-10	1.95245E-11
ω	4.68065E-13	-5.39160E-13	-8.09473E-11	-2.26060E-10	3.57386E-10	-2.47109E-11
M	-4.19723E-14	-8.68885E-15	4.93517E-12	1.95245E-11	-2.47109E-11	1.03196E-11

Date of computation: 2025-11-03 13:00 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

21.255

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

150 - 300*

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

2084

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.52827

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2020-02-19.241089

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-11-03.06087

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

123 (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

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

[-]

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

Computation parameters

As seen from:

Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2020FA5 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	1972-10-27 07:24	< 1 min	0.0190011	0.0190003	0.0000003
EARTH	1983-03-08 19:19	< 1 min	0.1002149	0.1002140	0.0000003
VENUS	2020-04-26 05:01	< 1 min	0.0405677	0.0405620	0.0000019
EARTH	2025-10-25 01:49	< 1 s	0.0613269	0.0613266	0.0000001
EARTH	2036-03-04 09:19	< 1 min	0.1508953	0.1508897	0.0000019
VENUS	2054-10-05 00:12	< 1 min	0.0326135	0.0325913	0.0000074
EARTH	2070-11-03 22:43	1.1	0.1456882	0.1456347	0.0000178
EARTH	2081-03-13 10:33	2.1	0.0966127	0.0965598	0.0000176
VENUS	2091-12-31 11:28	3.3	0.0146502	0.0145462	0.0000348

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
53.16711938	293.92667802	0.00999300	MINIMUM
307.31696968	67.21976550	0.08730015	MINIMUM
0.32740155	181.07678542	0.64027540	SADDLE
0.14899255	0.51121141	1.36316376	SADDLE
180.09222565	0.06902461	2.46955072	SADDLE
179.94688152	180.02075845	4.46018967	MAXIMUM

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