Asteroids

2025FO16 help

Last update: 2025-04-18 00:06 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.870

Aphelion (Q)

3.219

Eccentricity (e)

0.575

Inclination (i)

2.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

1067.9

Earth MOID

0.00486

U parameter

8.1

Next Earth close approach

Date

2060-05-18

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.15716

23511537

Maximum Brightness

34.3

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.3

mag

Diameter

15 - 30*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2025-03-29

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 1, 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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.044611

1-sigma variation

0.003475

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.574596

1-sigma variation

0.000791

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.8899

1-sigma variation

0.0032

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

186.9924

1-sigma variation

0.0015

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

55.5325

1-sigma variation

0.0058

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

358.54706

1-sigma variation

0.00702

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.869786

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.219436

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.035312

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.028174

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.004861

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1067.8603

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.1

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.20765E-5	2.74951E-6	1.11043E-5	-5.05560E-6	2.01463E-5	2.44062E-5
e	2.74951E-6	6.25998E-7	2.52833E-6	-1.15106E-6	4.58783E-6	5.55648E-6
i	1.11043E-5	2.52833E-6	1.02221E-5	-4.64985E-6	1.85898E-5	2.24290E-5
Ω	-5.05560E-6	-1.15106E-6	-4.64985E-6	2.11714E-6	-8.44443E-6	-1.02153E-5
ω	2.01463E-5	4.58783E-6	1.85898E-5	-8.44443E-6	3.40201E-5	4.06376E-5
M	2.44062E-5	5.55648E-6	2.24290E-5	-1.02153E-5	4.06376E-5	4.93386E-5

Date of computation: 2025-04-10 09:29 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

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Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

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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

26.308

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

15 - 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

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.697498

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-03-29.256853

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-04-01.918166

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

23 (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 2025FO16 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	1955-07-11 20:12	> 1 mo	0.0591734	0.0507885	0.1475878
EARTH	1958-03-25 20:49	> 1 w	0.0703525	0.0018708	0.3270695
EARTH	1987-07-23 21:11	> 1 mo	0.0976002	0.0504877	0.6048697
EARTH	1990-04-23 05:51	> 1 mo	0.0925637	0.0010982	0.4748983
EARTH	2022-07-18 15:57	> 1 d	0.0502315	0.0492527	0.0084695
EARTH	2025-04-03 22:51	< 1 min	0.0139831	0.0139321	0.0000170
EARTH	2060-05-18 17:07	> 1 mo	0.1571649	0.0843067	0.0635677
EARTH	2092-07-21 21:51	> 1 mo	0.0504204	0.0478667	0.2082244
EARTH	2095-04-09 16:44	> 1 mo	0.0604475	0.0025656	0.8086077

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
332.71758483	89.29148513	0.00486116	MINIMUM
28.98891963	193.41483748	0.04856706	MINIMUM
1.60994314	142.69739186	0.14832435	SADDLE
0.99211272	321.50774540	1.85662821	SADDLE
180.30181028	320.59914280	2.23333340	SADDLE
180.24322191	140.57343901	4.23127996	MAXIMUM

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