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Last update: 2025-04-09 08:00 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.337

Aphelion (Q)

3.901

Eccentricity (e)

0.841

Inclination (i)

1.3

deg

Orbit period (P)

1126.5

Earth MOID

0.00443

U parameter

8.5

Next Earth close approach

Date

2042-12-11

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.19203

28727251

Maximum Brightness

26.3

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.5

mag

Diameter

13 - 30*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-04-04

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

2.118762

1-sigma variation

0.008327

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.840990

1-sigma variation

0.000804

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.3339

1-sigma variation

0.0020

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

206.7162

1-sigma variation

0.0049

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

105.9393

1-sigma variation

0.0079

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

112.34752

1-sigma variation

0.65097

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.336904

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.900620

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.198107

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.491448

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.004426

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1126.4753

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.5

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.93359E-5	6.69330E-6	1.61104E-5	-2.83512E-5	6.05258E-5	-5.42054E-3
e	6.69330E-6	6.46140E-7	1.55439E-6	-2.72909E-6	5.83638E-6	-5.23268E-4
i	1.61104E-5	1.55439E-6	3.88635E-6	-7.93746E-6	1.52166E-5	-1.25949E-3
Ω	-2.83512E-5	-2.72909E-6	-7.93746E-6	2.43398E-5	-3.56253E-5	2.21658E-3
ω	6.05258E-5	5.83638E-6	1.52166E-5	-3.56253E-5	6.21630E-5	-4.73189E-3
M	-5.42054E-3	-5.23268E-4	-1.25949E-3	2.21658E-3	-4.73189E-3	4.23766E-1

Date of computation: 2025-04-09 08:00 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

26.481

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

13 - 30*

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

423

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.912334

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-04-04.296863

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-04-05.36712

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

26 (1)

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 2024GO 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
MERCURY	1950-09-17 08:47	> 1 mo	0.0454462	0.0438382	1.8199132
EARTH	1956-12-10 03:30	> 1 mo	0.1931949	0.0110466	3.2552643
MERCURY	1975-03-08 05:36	> 1 mo	0.0215585	0.0196388	0.6753594
EARTH	1981-03-29 19:15	> 1 mo	0.1366510	0.0052496	0.7673965
EARTH	1999-11-30 06:08	> 1 mo	0.0319952	0.0139690	0.7658601
EARTH	2024-04-05 17:05	< 1 s	0.0055842	0.0055639	0.0000068
EARTH	2042-12-11 08:47	> 1 w	0.1920298	0.0174313	0.6146688
MERCURY	2052-01-08 12:00	> 1 mo	0.0460232	0.0222998	0.8979355
MERCURY	2064-04-20 17:56	> 1 mo	0.0393662	0.0247887	0.9776474
MERCURY	2076-09-01 17:22	> 1 mo	0.0452488	0.0419825	0.4775605
EARTH	2082-12-07 22:50	> 1 w	0.1266970	0.0208250	0.6279668
EARTH	2119-12-05 21:54	> 1 mo	0.0417489	0.0218763	0.6768386

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
308.80003428	93.07455635	0.00441592	MINIMUM
50.55632369	327.54603210	0.01446331	MINIMUM
359.07173897	209.18390342	0.67730961	SADDLE
359.10024231	29.24135579	1.32201382	SADDLE
179.91704512	30.75592993	2.90538865	SADDLE
179.91714424	210.75222503	4.90416113	MAXIMUM

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Level lines of the squared distance function

2024GO

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS
2073-04-05.590	78302.590	-0.832	0.72 ± 0.023	1.46E5	3.13E-6	2.97E-6	-5.68
2080-04-06.095	80860.095	1.736	0.94 ± 0.016	1.57E6	7.49E-8	7.41E-8	-7.35
2084-04-05.634	82320.634	4.301	1.07 ± 0.018	7.68E4	8.28E-11	8.71E-11	-10.32


Based on 26 optical observations (of which 1 are rejected as outliers) from 2024/04/04.297 to 2024/04/05.367.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.07 and 1.07 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
Aegis software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20250305 084533.885 UTC.

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