Asteroids

2024RT43 help

Last update: 2025-03-13 23:54 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.953

Aphelion (Q)

3.615

Eccentricity (e)

0.583

Inclination (i)

5.0

deg

Orbit period (P)

1260.9

Earth MOID

0.06053

U parameter

7.3

Next Earth close approach

Date

2062-09-22

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.1401

20958884

Maximum Brightness

22.8

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

24.6

mag

Diameter

30 - 70*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-09-11

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala

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

2.284187

1-sigma variation

0.001579

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.582804

1-sigma variation

0.000294

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

5.0445

1-sigma variation

0.0023

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

332.7437

1-sigma variation

0.0007

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

74.7771

1-sigma variation

0.0007

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

52.36482

1-sigma variation

0.05358

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.952953

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.615421

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.297602

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.792094

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.060533

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1260.9443

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.3

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.49434E-6	4.64163E-7	3.69036E-6	1.04474E-6	-1.08187E-6	-8.46228E-5
e	4.64163E-7	8.63743E-8	6.86724E-7	1.94405E-7	-2.01307E-7	-1.57471E-5
i	3.69036E-6	6.86724E-7	5.46078E-6	1.54893E-6	-1.60416E-6	-1.25199E-4
Ω	1.04474E-6	1.94405E-7	1.54893E-6	4.50648E-7	-4.67800E-7	-3.54436E-5
ω	-1.08187E-6	-2.01307E-7	-1.60416E-6	-4.67800E-7	4.88472E-7	3.67027E-5
M	-8.46228E-5	-1.57471E-5	-1.25199E-4	-3.54436E-5	3.67027E-5	2.87090E-3

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

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

Download ASCII file:

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

24.644

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

30 - 70*

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

[-]

Download this part as:

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
No.[1]	NameESA Aegis	AdditionalESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
No.[2]	NameEstimation	AdditionalEstimated 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

159

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.310443

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-09-11.353141

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-10-06.107552

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

16 (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:

One line per time step

Time step:*

* - these fields are required

Close Approaches for 2024RT43 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	1986-10-14 09:49	> 1 mo	0.0668944	0.0561817	0.0704710
EARTH	2024-10-07 19:01	< 1 min	0.0607336	0.0606504	0.0000277
MARS	2028-01-27 06:09	> 1 d	0.0316820	0.0309164	0.0043581
EARTH	2062-09-22 22:57	> 1 w	0.1401015	0.0599444	0.2258997
EARTH	2093-12-17 07:33	> 1 w	0.0943446	0.0823056	0.0404478

Download as:

Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
342.23368453	268.31865831	0.06049190	MINIMUM
13.45724915	327.81470662	0.08561869	MINIMUM
2.25551136	306.52157967	0.09110945	SADDLE
358.87393151	119.98916947	1.95864826	SADDLE
179.74569733	120.95758519	2.61615946	SADDLE
179.65398352	300.91411685	4.60623451	MAXIMUM

Download:

MOID Plots

Click on the images to zoom-in and zoom-out