Asteroids

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.829

Aphelion (Q)

3.861

Eccentricity (e)

0.647

Inclination (i)

17.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

1311.5

Earth MOID

0.02349

U parameter

8.3

Next Earth close approach

Date

2039-09-15

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.15031

22486311

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

24.4

mag

Diameter

40 - 80*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-09-11

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

61000.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.344849

1-sigma variation

0.006495

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.646502

1-sigma variation

0.001019

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

17.6026

1-sigma variation

0.0190

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

177.1369

1-sigma variation

0.0015

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

241.7151

1-sigma variation

0.0113

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

46.25725

1-sigma variation

1.68125

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.828899

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.860798

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.971231

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.039914

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.023486

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1311.5070

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.3

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	4.21798E-5	6.61504E-6	1.23297E-4	9.56825E-6	-7.30762E-5	-1.09190E-2
e	6.61504E-6	1.03744E-6	1.93367E-5	1.50057E-6	-1.14600E-5	-1.71243E-3
i	1.23297E-4	1.93367E-5	3.60417E-4	2.79682E-5	-2.13587E-4	-3.19177E-2
Ω	9.56825E-6	1.50057E-6	2.79682E-5	2.17080E-6	-1.65823E-5	-2.47692E-3
ω	-7.30762E-5	-1.14600E-5	-2.13587E-4	-1.65823E-5	1.26769E-4	1.89172E-2
M	-1.09190E-2	-1.71243E-3	-3.19177E-2	-2.47692E-3	1.89172E-2	2.82660E0

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

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Quality

Value

Unit

Source

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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

24.371

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

40 - 80*

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

1505

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.814248

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-09-06.35622

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-09-18.318933

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

28 (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: *

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Close Approaches for 2021RP9 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	1985-10-03 17:27	> 1 mo	0.1056280	0.0148114	0.7436172
EARTH	2003-10-09 05:21	> 1 mo	0.1513211	0.0026064	0.4291201
EARTH	2021-09-21 11:11	< 1 min	0.0403604	0.0402092	0.0000504
EARTH	2039-09-15 00:12	> 1 w	0.1503117	0.0254105	0.4651078
EARTH	2100-10-08 14:09	> 1 mo	0.1602590	0.0084216	0.8993117
EARTH	2118-09-27 15:35	> 1 mo	0.0643387	0.0370980	0.7662521

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
331.12277816	259.23931201	0.02398733	MINIMUM
31.45593389	20.17689983	0.26482022	MINIMUM
9.22992640	336.43333177	0.30837743	SADDLE
0.52085127	137.42199096	1.82396596	SADDLE
180.73555998	135.63704751	2.89850978	SADDLE
179.24561990	314.93076573	4.82079354	MAXIMUM

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