Asteroids

2020NY help

Last update: 2025-07-29 02:36 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.918

Aphelion (Q)

3.415

Eccentricity (e)

0.576

Inclination (i)

5.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

1164.9

Earth MOID

0.00336

U parameter

7.7

Next Earth close approach

Date

2036-04-15

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.10296

15402962

Maximum Brightness

24.2

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

mag

Diameter

17 - 40*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2020-07-13

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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.166682

1-sigma variation

0.002027

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.576090

1-sigma variation

0.000435

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

5.9134

1-sigma variation

0.0028

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

288.7222

1-sigma variation

0.0026

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

315.5370

1-sigma variation

0.0042

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

195.32948

1-sigma variation

0.78597

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.918478

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.414887

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.009856

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.473351

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.003365

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1164.9071

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.7

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	4.10859E-6	8.81997E-7	5.76840E-6	5.19381E-6	-8.50808E-6	-1.59313E-3
e	8.81997E-7	1.89340E-7	1.23832E-6	1.11496E-6	-1.82648E-6	-3.41999E-4
i	5.76840E-6	1.23832E-6	8.10073E-6	7.29077E-6	-1.19489E-5	-2.23673E-3
Ω	5.19381E-6	1.11496E-6	7.29077E-6	6.56953E-6	-1.07514E-5	-2.01393E-3
ω	-8.50808E-6	-1.82648E-6	-1.19489E-5	-1.07514E-5	1.76362E-5	3.29905E-3
M	-1.59313E-3	-3.41999E-4	-2.23673E-3	-2.01393E-3	3.29905E-3	6.17745E-1

Date of computation: 2025-07-29 02:36 UTC

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

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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

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Quality

Value

Unit

Source

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Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

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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

25.971

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

17 - 40*

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

1855

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.417091

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2020-07-12.39487

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2020-07-21.07368

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

46 (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

As seen from:

Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

Output option:

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2020NY 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	2007-07-22 00:20	> 1 w	0.1212769	0.0015206	0.1119012
EARTH	2020-07-09 15:34	< 1 min	0.0041452	0.0041372	0.0000027
EARTH	2036-04-15 07:57	> 1 w	0.1029624	0.1026913	0.0087524
EARTH	2071-06-10 02:45	> 1 mo	0.1043623	0.0479391	0.2179926
EARTH	2087-04-01 01:56	> 1 mo	0.1844032	0.1071281	0.4445194
EARTH	2106-07-12 18:57	> 1 mo	0.0049621	0.0035923	0.2208331

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
22.96649457	184.89406754	0.00336458	MINIMUM
340.03455799	103.65040769	0.10255089	MINIMUM
356.21983299	134.15522198	0.11935873	SADDLE
0.63853265	322.80205529	1.90423205	SADDLE
180.05750903	322.37604870	2.43150147	SADDLE
180.33828247	142.52540742	4.42571014	MAXIMUM

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MOID Plots

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Level lines of the squared distance function

2020NY

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE	IP	Impact energy	PS	TS
2114-07-10.326	93372.326	0.285	0.000	0.79 ± 0.000	2.96E7	2.94E-8	3.40E-1	-8.33	0


Based on 46 optical observations (of which 0 are rejected as outliers) from 2020/07/12.395 to 2020/07/21.074.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.38 and 1.38 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20250805 130500.123 UTC.

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