Asteroids

2023DZ2 help

Last update: 2025-04-15 07:30 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.992

Aphelion (Q)

3.174

Eccentricity (e)

0.524

Inclination (i)

0.1

deg

Orbit period (P)

1098.1

Earth MOID

0.00001

U parameter

0.8

Next Earth close approach

Date

2026-04-04

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.00677

1012275

Maximum Brightness

32.4

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

24.2

mag

Diameter

40 - 90*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2023-02-27

Observatory

La Palma

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

External links

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

2.083032

1-sigma variation

8.221E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.523684

1-sigma variation

1.803E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

0.1497

1-sigma variation

8.096E-7

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

186.3478

1-sigma variation

1.430E-5

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

10.1335

1-sigma variation

1.473E-5

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

249.80359

1-sigma variation

0.00001

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.992182

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.173882

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.000304

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

2.117377

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000010

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1098.1012

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.8

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.75822E-15	1.47727E-15	4.04228E-16	-2.26799E-14	-1.36346E-13	-1.17489E-12
e	1.47727E-15	3.25091E-16	1.18891E-16	-6.20174E-15	-2.50417E-14	-2.57729E-13
i	4.04228E-16	1.18891E-16	6.55440E-13	-7.51557E-12	7.54394E-12	-8.00409E-14
Ω	-2.26799E-14	-6.20174E-15	-7.51557E-12	2.04354E-10	-2.05966E-10	4.49809E-12
ω	-1.36346E-13	-2.50417E-14	7.54394E-12	-2.05966E-10	2.17037E-10	2.16675E-11
M	-1.17489E-12	-2.57729E-13	-8.00409E-14	4.49809E-12	2.16675E-11	2.04635E-10

Date of computation: 2025-02-19 13:28 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

24.188

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

40 - 90*

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

749

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.540067

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2023-01-14.384429

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2023-03-28.25728

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

896 (34)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Delay (Discarded)
Doppler (Discarded)
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2023-03-25

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2023-03-27

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

4 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

5 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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
[3]	JPL Radar Observations	Jet Propulsion Laboratory: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/dat/radar_data_ast.txt

Computation parameters

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Final Date: *

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Close Approaches for 2023DZ2 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	1951-05-16 13:45	501.2	0.1016337	0.0933470	0.0027622
EARTH	1961-03-08 03:25	> 1 d	0.0721321	0.0320199	0.0134045
EARTH	2004-04-18 23:49	2.9	0.0008723	0.0008652	0.0000024
MARS	2020-04-30 01:49	< 1 min	0.0380029	0.0380020	0.0000003
EARTH	2023-03-25 19:49	< 1 s	0.0011674	0.0011674	0.0000000
EARTH	2026-04-04 02:00	< 1 min	0.0067666	0.0067661	0.0000002
EARTH	2029-05-02 21:29	< 1 min	0.0248948	0.0248882	0.0000022
EARTH	2032-05-25 02:54	< 1 min	0.1933830	0.1933776	0.0000018

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
353.78166050	82.57099208	0.00005360	MINIMUM
9.35606302	110.39367858	0.00113908	MINIMUM
1.60335226	96.53414682	0.01014762	SADDLE
1.58461260	276.50432799	1.98891467	SADDLE
180.49624981	275.22633537	2.17574796	SADDLE
180.49771699	95.22810287	4.17479349	MAXIMUM

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