Asteroids

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.613

Aphelion (Q)

1.058

Eccentricity (e)

0.266

Inclination (i)

9.5

deg

Orbit period (P)

279.0

Earth MOID

0.01427

U parameter

6.8

Next Earth close approach

Date

2035-06-22

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.09017

13489037

Maximum Brightness

24.4

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.1

mag

Diameter

16 - 40*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-06-08

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, 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

0.835685

1-sigma variation

0.000056

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.266404

1-sigma variation

0.000120

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

9.5351

1-sigma variation

0.0065

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

261.9101

1-sigma variation

0.0004

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

160.0273

1-sigma variation

0.0028

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

36.80847

1-sigma variation

0.17302

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.613055

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.058315

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.018504

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.363566

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.014272

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

279.0373

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

6.8

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.10143E-9	-6.69243E-9	-3.63174E-7	-2.15993E-8	1.57156E-7	-9.63559E-6
e	-6.69243E-9	1.44413E-8	7.83683E-7	4.66086E-8	-3.39128E-7	2.07922E-5
i	-3.63174E-7	7.83683E-7	4.25287E-5	2.52930E-6	-1.84039E-5	1.12832E-3
Ω	-2.15993E-8	4.66086E-8	2.52930E-6	1.50455E-7	-1.09460E-6	6.71053E-5
ω	1.57156E-7	-3.39128E-7	-1.84039E-5	-1.09460E-6	7.96548E-6	-4.88259E-4
M	-9.63559E-6	2.07922E-5	1.12832E-3	6.71053E-5	-4.88259E-4	2.99361E-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

[-]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

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

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Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

26.068

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

16 - 40*

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

1223

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.762433

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-06-03.576842

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2022-06-21.367224

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

21 (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 2022LA3 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	1960-06-15 19:32	> 1 d	0.0155182	0.0145000	0.0176490
EARTH	1973-06-16 00:32	888.9	0.0153507	0.0144548	0.0015539
EARTH	1986-06-10 15:19	> 1 d	0.0392037	0.0261153	0.0048016
EARTH	1996-06-21 10:19	19.2	0.1742287	0.1715937	0.0008784
EARTH	1999-05-11 10:53	212.2	0.1145385	0.1129126	0.0005456
EARTH	2009-06-19 18:38	585.3	0.0376006	0.0218131	0.0058786
EARTH	2012-04-24 05:53	252.8	0.1762613	0.1652548	0.0037972
EARTH	2022-06-18 04:18	< 1 min	0.0190380	0.0190048	0.0000111
EARTH	2025-04-24 17:05	100.8	0.1727438	0.1692139	0.0011931
EARTH	2035-06-22 07:54	146.9	0.0901686	0.0690450	0.0071123
EARTH	2038-05-06 13:11	> 1 d	0.1218878	0.1121890	0.0036722
EARTH	2051-05-31 04:56	> 1 d	0.0715458	0.0562499	0.0055387
EARTH	2064-06-14 05:14	> 1 d	0.0205928	0.0160745	0.0043334
EARTH	2077-06-10 16:14	> 1 d	0.0370824	0.0200602	0.0090285
EARTH	2090-05-23 15:10	> 1 d	0.0881382	0.0813625	0.0023886
EARTH	2100-06-22 15:38	36.8	0.1276646	0.1184215	0.0030845
EARTH	2103-05-05 00:23	1213.1	0.1276116	0.1211698	0.0022787
EARTH	2113-06-19 05:10	> 1 d	0.0234408	0.0169668	0.0083147
EARTH	2116-04-24 09:37	843.4	0.1824163	0.1570004	0.0092996

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
210.60999536	162.91722316	0.01566641	MINIMUM
348.18786062	305.82714300	0.38038802	SADDLE
354.56970484	134.01356224	1.62393393	SADDLE
178.84519240	318.51685286	2.04502429	MAXIMUM

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