Asteroids

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.896

Aphelion (Q)

1.049

Eccentricity (e)

0.078

Inclination (i)

1.2

deg

Orbit period (P)

350.3

Earth MOID

0.00186

U parameter

4.5

Next Earth close approach

Date

2045-04-02

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.02496

3734561

Maximum Brightness

22.7

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

27.1

mag

Diameter

10 - 22*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-06-28

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

0.972507

1-sigma variation

0.000003

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.078219

1-sigma variation

0.000005

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.1535

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

307.5503

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

133.6672

1-sigma variation

0.0005

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

34.02117

1-sigma variation

0.00478

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.896439

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.048576

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.005318

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.068159

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.001862

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

350.2981

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

4.5

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.98878E-12	-1.26191E-11	-2.06296E-10	-4.61270E-10	-1.31753E-9	-1.26425E-8
e	-1.26191E-11	2.27890E-11	3.72597E-10	8.32799E-10	2.37731E-9	2.28299E-8
i	-2.06296E-10	3.72597E-10	6.09348E-9	1.36063E-8	3.88508E-8	3.73247E-7
Ω	-4.61270E-10	8.32799E-10	1.36063E-8	3.05729E-8	8.68813E-8	8.34358E-7
ω	-1.31753E-9	2.37731E-9	3.88508E-8	8.68813E-8	2.49315E-7	2.38228E-6
M	-1.26425E-8	2.28299E-8	3.73247E-7	8.34358E-7	2.38228E-6	2.28714E-5

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

[-]

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

27.119

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

10 - 22*

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

1138

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.627887

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-06-28.44775

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2022-08-03.264455

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

36 (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

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Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

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Close Approaches for 2022ML3 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	1960-04-18 04:35	65.2	0.0354742	0.0308886	0.0015756
EARTH	1960-11-30 01:00	> 1 d	0.0900431	0.0894780	0.0001891
EARTH	1961-08-18 04:20	54.2	0.1150636	0.1089967	0.0020223
EARTH	1981-04-19 17:54	4.7	0.0821602	0.0818205	0.0001133
EARTH	1981-12-25 04:47	429.6	0.0907956	0.0907278	0.0000226
EARTH	1982-08-20 20:51	10.0	0.0590606	0.0584310	0.0002099
EARTH	2002-05-13 00:50	792.8	0.0287057	0.0282708	0.0001464
EARTH	2002-10-21 00:40	1236.1	0.0772098	0.0767632	0.0001488
EARTH	2022-02-07 23:58	3.2	0.0757074	0.0756918	0.0000052
EARTH	2022-07-26 14:10	< 1 min	0.0194064	0.0194029	0.0000012
EARTH	2045-04-02 22:49	4.4	0.0249640	0.0238125	0.0003950
EARTH	2045-12-07 04:07	416.3	0.0815823	0.0813749	0.0000692
EARTH	2046-08-16 02:24	83.8	0.0318224	0.0314350	0.0001297
EARTH	2069-04-13 23:36	246.0	0.1538428	0.1333987	0.0068228
EARTH	2070-02-02 00:43	> 1 w	0.0704342	0.0638566	0.0023140
EARTH	2070-07-05 09:42	> 1 w	0.0321217	0.0255703	0.0023520
EARTH	2071-08-07 11:49	81.5	0.1778971	0.1735627	0.0014450
EARTH	2095-04-07 02:49	> 1 d	0.1525011	0.0187322	0.1222463
EARTH	2096-02-04 20:44	> 1 mo	0.0636127	0.0403841	0.0514735
EARTH	2096-06-11 11:43	> 1 mo	0.0378002	0.0342371	0.0144252
EARTH	2096-09-25 16:13	> 1 mo	0.0618620	0.0016230	0.0625760
EARTH	2097-08-03 14:59	590.2	0.1530141	0.0078557	0.0556534
EARTH	2122-03-29 09:53	> 1 mo	0.0601208	0.0183719	1.4010170
EARTH	2122-12-19 14:09	> 1 mo	0.0803613	0.0797647	0.0257302
EARTH	2123-08-06 08:29	> 1 mo	0.0056379	0.0055926	0.0678925

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
236.41737326	212.24010745	0.00235178	MINIMUM
109.24162900	91.46370537	0.01874320	MINIMUM
169.90125322	149.18829048	0.03753917	SADDLE
352.01473960	330.86102937	0.08983697	SADDLE
353.71616092	152.68493953	1.91131884	SADDLE
175.17198707	334.14548872	2.03344062	MAXIMUM

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