Asteroids

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Last update: 2026-03-17 23:26 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61200.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.399

Aphelion (Q)

1.029

Eccentricity (e)

0.442

Inclination (i)

3.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

220.2

Earth MOID

0.00897

U parameter

7.9

Next Earth close approach

Date

2029-02-20

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.07609

11382725

Maximum Brightness

24.1

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.3

mag

Diameter

23 - 50*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2020-03-24

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

61200.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

0.713724

1-sigma variation

0.000168

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.441578

1-sigma variation

0.000353

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

3.6499

1-sigma variation

0.0045

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

18.8335

1-sigma variation

0.0098

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

335.6539

1-sigma variation

0.0206

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

309.34241

1-sigma variation

1.08932

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.398559

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.028889

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.588948

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.039640

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.008969

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

220.2388

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.9

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.81830E-8	-5.92847E-8	-7.51187E-7	-1.64740E-6	3.45091E-6	-1.82873E-4
e	-5.92847E-8	1.24709E-7	1.58020E-6	3.46533E-6	-7.25918E-6	3.84685E-4
i	-7.51187E-7	1.58020E-6	2.00266E-5	4.38967E-5	-9.19730E-5	4.87429E-3
Ω	-1.64740E-6	3.46533E-6	4.38967E-5	9.63351E-5	-2.01743E-4	1.06896E-2
ω	3.45091E-6	-7.25918E-6	-9.19730E-5	-2.01743E-4	4.22574E-4	-2.23922E-2
M	-1.82873E-4	3.84685E-4	4.87429E-3	1.06896E-2	-2.23922E-2	1.18662E0

Date of computation: 2026-03-17 23:26 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

25.307

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[2]

Diameter

Value

23 - 50*

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

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

2191

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.705185

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2020-03-24.356

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2020-03-31.92794

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

64 (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

[-]

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

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Close Approaches for 2020FV4 from 1950 to 2126

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1950-03-06 14:59	> 1 mo	0.0457149	0.0442934	0.0382702
EARTH	1953-02-22 19:49	> 1 mo	0.0486541	0.0428543	0.1634464
EARTH	1956-02-20 04:00	> 1 d	0.1109160	0.0454052	0.3944224
EARTH	1976-04-05 16:26	131.0	0.1121616	0.0806592	0.0105158
EARTH	1979-04-04 12:56	> 1 d	0.0325904	0.0105354	0.0683039
VENUS	1980-03-12 04:32	> 1 d	0.0334621	0.0195856	0.1058618
EARTH	1982-03-28 01:12	> 1 w	0.0223677	0.0098973	0.0538805
MERCURY	1984-11-11 18:02	> 1 w	0.0444492	0.0272207	0.1011750
EARTH	1985-03-14 01:43	> 1 w	0.0451449	0.0385670	0.0086308
MERCURY	1986-01-26 12:57	> 1 w	0.0386812	0.0276423	0.0770235
MERCURY	1987-04-12 17:23	> 1 w	0.0335804	0.0283718	0.0464359
EARTH	1988-02-28 18:26	> 1 w	0.0422837	0.0421962	0.0027400
VENUS	1988-05-28 11:56	> 1 d	0.0466687	0.0412454	0.0442712
MERCURY	1988-06-27 09:33	> 1 w	0.0304868	0.0292796	0.0163767
MERCURY	1989-09-13 01:02	> 1 w	0.0299854	0.0287608	0.0060285
MERCURY	1990-11-29 16:26	> 1 w	0.0313475	0.0250918	0.0181173
EARTH	1991-02-21 07:42	> 1 d	0.0679615	0.0436057	0.0458408
MERCURY	1992-02-15 15:54	> 1 w	0.0365784	0.0292824	0.0493150
MERCURY	1993-05-02 11:15	> 1 w	0.0488252	0.0297874	0.0858567
EARTH	1994-02-20 00:33	747.9	0.1403234	0.0456123	0.0597589
VENUS	2010-12-15 13:32	397.5	0.0202489	0.0202378	0.0003492
EARTH	2011-04-05 10:18	286.5	0.1918215	0.1630268	0.0095987
EARTH	2014-04-06 06:03	42.1	0.1000733	0.0784375	0.0072165
EARTH	2017-04-03 11:10	487.7	0.0249646	0.0146307	0.0036722
VENUS	2019-10-12 17:47	5.6	0.0418094	0.0418055	0.0000114
EARTH	2020-03-26 12:07	< 1 min	0.0250276	0.0249642	0.0000211
EARTH	2023-03-13 05:29	1431.1	0.0451310	0.0445535	0.0002182
EARTH	2026-02-27 08:30	> 1 d	0.0417773	0.0417438	0.0002275
EARTH	2029-02-20 14:58	711.1	0.0760888	0.0486135	0.0112883
EARTH	2032-02-20 21:33	374.4	0.1545392	0.0976651	0.0195433
VENUS	2041-09-18 09:36	1262.2	0.0230878	0.0212611	0.0168906
VENUS	2050-07-16 17:11	> 1 d	0.0432952	0.0432185	0.0064190
EARTH	2052-04-05 16:18	> 1 d	0.1319331	0.0033463	0.0957100
MERCURY	2053-01-09 07:32	> 1 w	0.0421237	0.0270982	0.1008575
MERCURY	2054-03-26 09:02	> 1 w	0.0359346	0.0278688	0.0807735
EARTH	2055-04-05 23:16	> 1 d	0.0608772	0.0061590	0.1026499
MERCURY	2055-06-10 14:29	> 1 w	0.0316387	0.0285302	0.0503684
MERCURY	2056-08-24 05:52	> 1 w	0.0304377	0.0289209	0.0325872
MERCURY	2057-11-08 00:38	> 1 mo	0.0297315	0.0293149	0.0148632
EARTH	2058-04-01 21:34	> 1 w	0.0101202	0.0082770	0.0506355
MERCURY	2059-01-21 07:41	> 1 mo	0.0290567	0.0278675	0.0351960
MERCURY	2060-04-03 06:42	> 1 mo	0.0322751	0.0267734	0.1321191
EARTH	2061-03-28 02:17	> 1 mo	0.0198603	0.0074559	0.1420950
MERCURY	2061-06-15 12:09	> 1 mo	0.0392826	0.0256796	0.2712290
MERCURY	2062-08-28 18:45	> 1 mo	0.0428833	0.0252514	0.3222213
MERCURY	2063-11-11 01:03	> 1 mo	0.0473010	0.0247988	0.3723147
EARTH	2064-03-19 13:31	> 1 mo	0.0385541	0.0078325	0.0876447
EARTH	2067-03-10 20:05	> 1 mo	0.0444051	0.0443757	0.0031366
EARTH	2070-03-02 06:28	> 1 mo	0.0422793	0.0422309	0.0082442
VENUS	2070-08-18 12:44	> 1 w	0.0242716	0.0237145	0.0926014
EARTH	2073-02-24 02:16	> 1 mo	0.0487460	0.0424126	0.1873571
EARTH	2076-02-21 20:50	> 1 w	0.0783413	0.0440331	0.5440374
EARTH	2079-02-20 20:43	> 1 d	0.1292053	0.0454784	0.8182467
EARTH	2082-02-21 11:31	> 1 w	0.1867591	0.0465538	0.9573622
VENUS	2098-12-06 10:52	> 1 w	0.0341333	0.0236717	0.7447750
MERCURY	2099-12-27 06:45	> 1 mo	0.0499382	0.0248566	0.8217765
MERCURY	2101-03-12 08:10	> 1 mo	0.0480209	0.0249945	0.6561608
MERCURY	2102-05-26 06:22	> 1 mo	0.0472023	0.0249929	0.4992529
MERCURY	2103-08-09 01:25	> 1 mo	0.0475583	0.0248493	0.3462372
MERCURY	2104-10-21 20:31	> 1 w	0.0479070	0.0245403	0.1884035
MERCURY	2106-01-04 14:31	> 1 d	0.0486288	0.0206271	0.0270140
VENUS	2107-02-21 16:29	> 1 d	0.0499152	0.0461562	0.0612931
MERCURY	2107-03-20 10:16	> 1 w	0.0489193	0.0258750	0.1369839
EARTH	2108-04-06 12:01	> 1 d	0.1570933	0.0019629	0.2711611
MERCURY	2108-06-02 05:36	> 1 mo	0.0490475	0.0254107	0.3075755
EARTH	2111-04-07 17:16	137.3	0.1081043	0.0016519	0.5856914
EARTH	2114-04-06 23:52	> 1 w	0.0660264	0.0038353	0.8083214
EARTH	2117-04-05 07:38	> 1 mo	0.0340940	0.0054692	0.8583986
EARTH	2120-04-03 17:32	> 1 mo	0.0188801	0.0061945	0.6083326
EARTH	2123-04-05 02:14	144.2	0.0250350	0.0174790	0.0069192
VENUS	2125-05-22 15:20	> 1 w	0.0496112	0.0236360	0.7006702
EARTH	2126-04-06 09:48	> 1 mo	0.0479681	0.0058142	0.6825676

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
205.65063791	88.35062187	0.00974960	MINIMUM
155.70475007	57.16922613	0.04155007	MINIMUM
172.01932641	67.38857626	0.04468040	SADDLE
354.94840179	247.44980821	0.60845548	SADDLE
355.20351921	67.83504827	1.39321943	SADDLE
178.22750864	251.22151702	2.03464823	MAXIMUM

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