Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-04-09 07:59 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.449

Aphelion (Q)

2.124

Eccentricity (e)

0.651

Inclination (i)

33.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

532.8

Earth MOID

0.31391

U parameter

1.3

Next Earth close approach

Date

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

20.1

mag

Diameter

250 - 600*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-01-07

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 1, 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

1.286230

1-sigma variation

2.745E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.651043

1-sigma variation

0.000001

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

33.9323

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

103.2097

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

210.0408

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

44.78034

1-sigma variation

0.00010

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.448839

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.123620

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.714234

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.542347

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.313910

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

532.8147

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

1.3

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	7.53430E-16	-7.18108E-15	-1.99484E-12	7.62048E-13	1.95841E-13	-7.38832E-13
e	-7.18108E-15	2.19070E-12	2.25408E-11	-1.04528E-11	-1.42324E-10	-1.26191E-10
i	-1.99484E-12	2.25408E-11	2.00405E-8	-8.64599E-9	4.07080E-9	2.63700E-9
Ω	7.62048E-13	-1.04528E-11	-8.64599E-9	3.89250E-9	-1.89556E-9	-9.15548E-10
ω	1.95841E-13	-1.42324E-10	4.07080E-9	-1.89556E-9	1.13681E-8	8.56342E-9
M	-7.38832E-13	-1.26191E-10	2.63700E-9	-9.15548E-10	8.56342E-9	9.54844E-9

Date of computation: 2025-04-09 07:59 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

20.15

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

250 - 600*

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

1098

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

498

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.454312

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-01-07.333178

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-01-10.266907

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

64 (1)

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 2021AH3 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
MERCURY	1966-10-19 10:45	1.2	0.0233129	0.0232755	0.0000125
MERCURY	1993-01-20 20:09	< 1 min	0.0193620	0.0193453	0.0000056
MERCURY	2044-02-10 10:29	< 1 min	0.0225898	0.0225700	0.0000066
MERCURY	2070-05-14 19:31	< 1 min	0.0170596	0.0170354	0.0000081
MERCURY	2121-06-04 17:22	1.1	0.0174633	0.0174329	0.0000101

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
77.74687481	336.69587502	0.31411143	MINIMUM
322.13710177	142.18327802	0.49739721	MINIMUM
18.60850941	249.00940118	0.63975248	SADDLE
188.28502433	30.20915068	1.21779767	SADDLE
6.52837150	41.76383656	1.41631859	SADDLE
176.82081901	205.46305810	3.11209593	MAXIMUM

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