Asteroids

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.978

Aphelion (Q)

3.026

Eccentricity (e)

0.511

Inclination (i)

1.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

1034.6

Earth MOID

0.00245

U parameter

7.2

Next Earth close approach

Date

2038-12-04

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.0247

3694418

Maximum Brightness

20.5

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.8

mag

Diameter

12 - 26*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-11-27

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

2.001969

1-sigma variation

0.000854

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.511430

1-sigma variation

0.000210

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.7107

1-sigma variation

0.0005

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

88.6436

1-sigma variation

0.0012

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

5.6477

1-sigma variation

0.0009

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

137.56062

1-sigma variation

0.31882

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.978102

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.025836

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.004186

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.992247

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.002445

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1034.6284

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.2

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	7.28975E-7	1.79524E-7	4.33895E-7	1.04808E-6	-7.26593E-7	-2.72212E-4
e	1.79524E-7	4.42113E-8	1.06855E-7	2.58108E-7	-1.78936E-7	-6.70376E-5
i	4.33895E-7	1.06855E-7	2.58301E-7	6.23374E-7	-4.31947E-7	-1.62024E-4
Ω	1.04808E-6	2.58108E-7	6.23374E-7	1.51245E-6	-1.05086E-6	-3.91370E-4
ω	-7.26593E-7	-1.78936E-7	-4.31947E-7	-1.05086E-6	7.31918E-7	2.71323E-4
M	-2.72212E-4	-6.70376E-5	-1.62024E-4	-3.91370E-4	2.71323E-4	1.01649E-1

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

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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

26.764

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

12 - 26*

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

1373

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.624351

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-11-27.401532

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-12-12.50672

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

39 (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 2021WL2 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	1984-12-05 19:49	> 1 w	0.0125104	0.0051889	0.0631104
EARTH	2021-12-06 12:17	< 1 s	0.0179283	0.0179081	0.0000067
EARTH	2038-12-04 06:09	> 1 w	0.0246957	0.0043395	0.0451208
EARTH	2069-11-28 16:13	> 1 mo	0.0444746	0.0059981	0.7051752
EARTH	2084-02-08 07:55	> 1 mo	0.1695991	0.0175987	2.2068014
MARS	2097-11-09 04:16	> 1 mo	0.0133387	0.0130788	0.7437590
EARTH	2114-11-25 01:45	> 1 mo	0.0694390	0.0077316	17.9670466

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
354.17828844	342.11481203	0.00258261	MINIMUM
359.77054584	171.77869070	1.99406576	SADDLE
179.93049227	171.95955256	2.00946413	SADDLE
179.92640723	351.95862591	4.00939972	MAXIMUM

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MOID Plots

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Level lines of the squared distance function

2021WL2

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE	IP	Impact energy	PS	TS
2092-12-18.498	85499.498	0.737	0.000	0.43 ± 0.000	4.46E7	2.54E-8	8.31E-2	-8.77	0
2095-12-17.716	86593.716	1.684	0.000	0.86 ± 0.001	6.99E5	4.78E-7	8.37E-2	-7.51	0


Based on 39 optical observations (of which 0 are rejected as outliers) from 2021/11/27.402 to 2021/12/12.507.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.89 and 1.89 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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