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Last update: 2025-02-22 05:33 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.637

Aphelion (Q)

1.335

Eccentricity (e)

0.354

Inclination (i)

3.0

deg

Orbit period (P)

357.7

Earth MOID

0.01086

U parameter

7.2

Next Earth close approach

Date

2026-02-07

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.16478

24651464

Maximum Brightness

23.3

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.1

mag

Diameter

25 - 60*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2025-02-05

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

0.986244

1-sigma variation

0.000176

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.354001

1-sigma variation

0.000670

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.9695

1-sigma variation

0.0061

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

119.2907

1-sigma variation

0.0051

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

261.6863

1-sigma variation

0.0148

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

165.96721

1-sigma variation

0.09229

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.637113

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.335375

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.075631

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.194524

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.010864

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

357.7461

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.2

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.09719E-8	1.17364E-7	1.06280E-6	8.67451E-7	-2.55889E-6	-1.62309E-5
e	1.17364E-7	4.49171E-7	4.05470E-6	3.19774E-6	-9.86318E-6	-6.17327E-5
i	1.06280E-6	4.05470E-6	3.66443E-5	2.92563E-5	-8.88762E-5	-5.58368E-4
Ω	8.67451E-7	3.19774E-6	2.92563E-5	2.64033E-5	-6.86107E-5	-4.50016E-4
ω	-2.55889E-6	-9.86318E-6	-8.88762E-5	-6.86107E-5	2.17967E-4	1.34955E-3
M	-1.62309E-5	-6.17327E-5	-5.58368E-4	-4.50016E-4	1.34955E-3	8.51757E-3

Date of computation: 2025-02-19 15:19 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

25.109

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

25 - 60*

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

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.454114

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-02-05.365509

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-02-09.44189

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

40 (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 2025CE2 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
VENUS	1957-03-10 03:11	> 1 d	0.0319772	0.0246745	0.0209639
VENUS	1962-02-03 18:23	> 1 d	0.0400881	0.0249853	0.0256941
EARTH	1976-02-04 12:26	1032.6	0.1021888	0.0442754	0.0194542
EARTH	1977-01-31 00:10	819.6	0.0159559	0.0101931	0.0171404
EARTH	1978-02-02 17:05	> 1 d	0.1380028	0.0775063	0.0201847
VENUS	1983-10-26 17:35	> 1 d	0.0333881	0.0255498	0.0085839
EARTH	1986-06-14 15:13	> 1 d	0.1562693	0.1239345	0.0108129
EARTH	1987-06-18 18:13	251.0	0.0419582	0.0285969	0.0078888
EARTH	1988-06-13 23:48	413.5	0.0956274	0.0682348	0.0093327
VENUS	2005-05-15 00:18	> 1 d	0.0486316	0.0256218	0.0199218
VENUS	2015-01-09 04:52	> 1 d	0.0421171	0.0254055	0.0097366
EARTH	2024-02-03 17:39	78.0	0.0823305	0.0772652	0.0016896
EARTH	2025-01-30 09:46	< 1 min	0.0415885	0.0413339	0.0000849
EARTH	2026-02-07 01:33	501.1	0.1647849	0.1608452	0.0013132
VENUS	2031-10-28 00:41	> 1 d	0.0483634	0.0253718	0.0111807
EARTH	2034-06-17 00:46	> 1 d	0.1410843	0.1019476	0.0131318
EARTH	2035-06-18 18:15	470.6	0.0358753	0.0284908	0.0085418
EARTH	2036-06-14 02:36	753.2	0.0973754	0.0554327	0.0145650
VENUS	2063-03-09 01:21	> 1 d	0.0261940	0.0252900	0.0047092
VENUS	2072-11-01 04:12	> 1 w	0.0236833	0.0235942	0.0081025
EARTH	2073-02-03 15:50	> 1 d	0.0991370	0.0123873	0.1008116
EARTH	2074-01-30 22:18	> 1 d	0.0293348	0.0112773	0.1389686
EARTH	2075-02-05 22:34	> 1 w	0.1577401	0.0035060	0.1483725
EARTH	2083-06-19 09:52	> 1 d	0.0857089	0.0288679	0.2417367
EARTH	2084-06-15 13:51	> 1 w	0.0558801	0.0289054	0.2211317
EARTH	2085-06-10 20:25	> 1 w	0.1793647	0.0290529	0.2248686
VENUS	2094-05-11 14:27	> 1 w	0.0390903	0.0236286	0.0987373
VENUS	2106-03-27 06:07	> 1 mo	0.0474762	0.0271074	0.3246023
VENUS	2110-12-26 16:36	> 1 mo	0.0288684	0.0236488	0.2614265
EARTH	2117-02-07 00:44	> 1 w	0.1549639	0.0119561	0.8072574
EARTH	2118-02-02 05:51	> 1 w	0.0193252	0.0119120	0.6742428
EARTH	2119-02-01 15:08	> 1 w	0.1100019	0.0116972	0.6538242

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
89.65061085	28.67831964	0.01086426	MINIMUM
265.76543432	163.87664833	0.02872739	MINIMUM
178.36753144	96.90503910	0.33852764	SADDLE
356.36886389	274.93207389	0.36306467	SADDLE
356.17944547	94.66220076	1.63835759	SADDLE
178.13385545	276.74583908	2.33227173	MAXIMUM

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