Asteroids

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.632

Aphelion (Q)

4.952

Eccentricity (e)

0.774

Inclination (i)

2.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

1703.9

Earth MOID

0.00891

U parameter

8.6

Next Earth close approach

Date

2096-08-24

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.09805

14667734

Maximum Brightness

23.7

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.1

mag

Diameter

25 - 60*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-01-27

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

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

2.791931

1-sigma variation

0.019272

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.773508

1-sigma variation

0.001728

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.8657

1-sigma variation

0.0077

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

324.9653

1-sigma variation

0.0167

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

72.0111

1-sigma variation

0.0127

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

263.35371

1-sigma variation

2.73375

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.632349

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

4.951514

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.107221

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.487242

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.008915

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1703.9448

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.6

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.71405E-4	3.33061E-5	1.48605E-4	-3.11308E-4	2.36149E-4	-5.26844E-2
e	3.33061E-5	2.98675E-6	1.33262E-5	-2.79166E-5	2.11764E-5	-4.72452E-3
i	1.48605E-4	1.33262E-5	6.00551E-5	-1.27687E-4	9.71822E-5	-2.10797E-2
Ω	-3.11308E-4	-2.79166E-5	-1.27687E-4	2.77397E-4	-2.12160E-4	4.41590E-2
ω	2.36149E-4	2.11764E-5	9.71822E-5	-2.12160E-4	1.62543E-4	-3.34977E-2
M	-5.26844E-2	-4.72452E-3	-2.10797E-2	4.41590E-2	-3.34977E-2	7.47337E0

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

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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

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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

25.093

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

25 - 60*

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

1242

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.74662

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-01-23.539314

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2022-01-28.295456

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

14 (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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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2022BE3 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	1993-08-18 19:01	> 1 mo	0.0994153	0.0203740	0.9888989
VENUS	2021-12-24 04:51	87.7	0.0284665	0.0284445	0.0000074
EARTH	2022-01-16 04:44	< 1 min	0.0281152	0.0279318	0.0000611
EARTH	2096-08-24 17:20	> 1 mo	0.0980477	0.0233417	0.2701726
EARTH	2120-12-21 02:06	> 1 mo	0.1536415	0.0095709	0.9254042
EARTH	2125-08-17 09:32	> 1 mo	0.0657007	0.0364061	0.5925963

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
325.43182881	213.53409131	0.00903488	MINIMUM
33.20366401	14.59283646	0.02346622	MINIMUM
358.95234592	293.55846487	0.36267425	SADDLE
358.85552870	113.30898935	1.63788393	SADDLE
179.86171127	114.85903855	3.94665378	SADDLE
179.84894505	294.85702872	5.94338151	MAXIMUM

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Level lines of the squared distance function

2022BE3

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS	TS
2050-08-04.271	70022.271	3.924	0.000	0.94 ± 0.053	2.60E5	1.48E-9	5.91E-9	-8.25	0


Based on 14 optical observations (of which 0 are rejected as outliers) from 2022/01/23.539 to 2022/01/28.295.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.12 and 1.12 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20250305 082528.652 UTC.

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