Asteroids

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

1.015

Aphelion (Q)

1.564

Eccentricity (e)

0.213

Inclination (i)

13.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

534.8

Earth MOID

0.01723

U parameter

6.3

Next Earth close approach

Date

2062-09-14

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.01892

2829899

Maximum Brightness

16.1

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

23.6

mag

Diameter

50 - 110*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-09-09

Observatory

MAPS, San Pedro de Atacama

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

1.289489

1-sigma variation

0.000087

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.213208

1-sigma variation

0.000051

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

13.9276

1-sigma variation

0.0023

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

350.1555

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

18.9638

1-sigma variation

0.0016

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

297.39748

1-sigma variation

0.10197

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.014559

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.564418

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.017491

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.547396

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.017233

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

534.8410

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

6.3

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	7.49282E-9	4.39388E-9	1.95484E-7	-6.02879E-9	-1.40820E-7	-8.82690E-6
e	4.39388E-9	2.57662E-9	1.14634E-7	-3.53531E-9	-8.25755E-8	-5.17620E-6
i	1.95484E-7	1.14634E-7	5.10035E-6	-1.57289E-7	-3.67408E-6	-2.30289E-4
Ω	-6.02879E-9	-3.53531E-9	-1.57289E-7	4.85426E-9	1.13343E-7	7.10218E-6
ω	-1.40820E-7	-8.25755E-8	-3.67408E-6	1.13343E-7	2.65025E-6	1.65891E-4
M	-8.82690E-6	-5.17620E-6	-2.30289E-4	7.10218E-6	1.65891E-4	1.03985E-2

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

23.595

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

50 - 110*

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

1453

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.608457

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-09-09.12563

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-09-25.94329

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

129 (7)

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 2021RX5 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	1961-09-13 05:15	> 1 d	0.0182053	0.0175319	0.0034461
EARTH	1980-09-29 19:15	200.0	0.1676237	0.1616796	0.0019817
EARTH	2002-09-07 23:31	1381.1	0.0703944	0.0365662	0.0114599
EARTH	2021-09-14 06:01	< 1 s	0.0185539	0.0185441	0.0000033
EARTH	2062-09-14 15:17	> 1 d	0.0189167	0.0176769	0.0061801
EARTH	2084-09-10 21:32	> 1 mo	0.0344816	0.0168779	0.3933987
EARTH	2103-09-24 13:34	> 1 mo	0.0979668	0.0057593	1.0905347
EARTH	2125-09-04 09:43	> 1 mo	0.1246872	0.0044019	1.5393059

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
345.26468615	249.48542835	0.01808988	MINIMUM
187.82182253	91.93804563	0.57593292	SADDLE
357.95519104	84.81337338	2.01172737	SADDLE
175.80045303	262.47587274	2.56430669	MAXIMUM

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