Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-05-31 13:00 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Amor

Perihelion (q)

1.039

Aphelion (Q)

1.978

Eccentricity (e)

0.311

Inclination (i)

9.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

676.7

Earth MOID

0.02548

U parameter

7.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2038-05-22

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.06046

9044371

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.9

mag

Diameter

18 - 40*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2025-05-25

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, 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

1.508517

1-sigma variation

0.000644

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.311193

1-sigma variation

0.000282

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

9.5946

1-sigma variation

0.0062

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

70.3574

1-sigma variation

0.0005

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

177.8679

1-sigma variation

0.0018

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

346.37629

1-sigma variation

0.00777

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.039078

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.977957

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.991322

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.025479

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.025478

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

676.7432

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	4.14726E-7	1.81436E-7	3.96962E-6	-3.27814E-7	1.14930E-6	5.00530E-6
e	1.81436E-7	7.93757E-8	1.73664E-6	-1.43416E-7	5.02894E-7	2.18970E-6
i	3.96962E-6	1.73664E-6	3.79979E-5	-3.13749E-6	1.09846E-5	4.79168E-5
Ω	-3.27814E-7	-1.43416E-7	-3.13749E-6	2.59306E-7	-9.12742E-7	-3.95437E-6
ω	1.14930E-6	5.02894E-7	1.09846E-5	-9.12742E-7	3.36465E-6	1.37856E-5
M	5.00530E-6	2.18970E-6	4.79168E-5	-3.95437E-6	1.37856E-5	6.04490E-5

Date of computation: 2025-05-31 13:00 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

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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

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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

25.862

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

18 - 40*

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
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

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.784803

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-05-25.290833

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-05-30.917253

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

46 (3)

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 2025KC4 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	1962-06-15 03:43	> 1 mo	0.0859460	0.0062179	1.2392214
EARTH	1975-05-30 22:50	> 1 w	0.0268236	0.0254941	0.0334407
EARTH	1988-05-03 00:12	> 1 w	0.1969625	0.0336491	0.1207323
EARTH	2025-06-02 19:43	< 1 min	0.0272980	0.0272380	0.0000200
EARTH	2038-05-22 11:41	> 1 w	0.0604579	0.0154837	0.0429741
EARTH	2075-06-28 16:36	> 1 d	0.1781270	0.0779310	0.0340558
EARTH	2088-05-31 08:28	> 1 w	0.0255491	0.0254185	0.0047213
EARTH	2125-06-29 12:01	> 1 mo	0.1769846	0.0302530	1.5876196

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
1.51857358	147.60022649	0.02547798	MINIMUM
180.63164810	326.73115546	0.99165129	SADDLE
1.43188756	327.49423032	2.02535181	SADDLE
180.83245433	146.88071027	2.99149456	MAXIMUM

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