Asteroids

2025KT6 help

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

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Amor

Perihelion (q)

1.023

Aphelion (Q)

3.457

Eccentricity (e)

0.543

Inclination (i)

9.4

deg

Orbit period (P)

1224.2

Earth MOID

0.00666

U parameter

9.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2025-06-19

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.01797

2689017

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

23.4

mag

Diameter

50 - 120*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2025-05-27

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

2.239646

1-sigma variation

0.015581

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.543353

1-sigma variation

0.003152

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

9.3865

1-sigma variation

0.0342

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

92.8567

1-sigma variation

0.0377

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

180.6079

1-sigma variation

0.0335

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

345.42558

1-sigma variation

0.15181

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.022726

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.456565

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

2.472461

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.006668

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.006662

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1224.2424

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

9.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.42767E-4	4.91178E-5	5.31723E-4	3.82830E-4	-2.95783E-4	2.36522E-3
e	4.91178E-5	9.93801E-6	1.07622E-4	7.70098E-5	-5.94128E-5	4.78564E-4
i	5.31723E-4	1.07622E-4	1.17142E-3	7.64072E-4	-5.75883E-4	5.18380E-3
Ω	3.82830E-4	7.70098E-5	7.64072E-4	1.41831E-3	-1.25393E-3	3.69311E-3
ω	-2.95783E-4	-5.94128E-5	-5.75883E-4	-1.25393E-3	1.12179E-3	-2.84629E-3
M	2.36522E-3	4.78564E-4	5.18380E-3	3.69311E-3	-2.84629E-3	2.30455E-2

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

[-]

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

23.426

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

50 - 120*

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

0.293854

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-05-27.279837

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-05-31.18852

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

24 (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:

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2025KT6 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	1958-06-25 15:03	> 1 mo	0.0036693	0.0028558	0.8158162
EARTH	1968-07-20 20:13	> 1 mo	0.1142404	0.0328096	2.6498188
EARTH	2025-06-19 17:32	35.5	0.0179750	0.0176378	0.0001124
EARTH	2035-07-01 15:33	> 1 mo	0.0257479	0.0059342	0.4294965
10 Hygiea	2087-05-22 16:47	> 1 mo	0.0151715	0.0115912	1.2680458
EARTH	2122-06-07 03:11	> 1 mo	0.0771875	0.0146259	6.8501637

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
359.70039115	170.52632734	0.00666204	MINIMUM
0.22406736	351.49595047	2.00655005	SADDLE
180.07245183	351.30187453	2.47273817	SADDLE
180.05724959	171.29507140	4.47267910	MAXIMUM

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MOID Plots

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Level lines of the squared distance function

2025KT6

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS
2068-06-23.970	76555.970	-0.764	0.982	1.58 ± 0.094	3.79E4	1.94E-7	2.30E-6	-5.97
2072-06-23.977	78016.977	0.595	1.800	1.47 ± 0.276	4.34E4	6.47E-9	8.07E-8	-7.47
2121-06-24.996	95913.996	-0.649	0.000	1.35 ± 0.920	4.35E4	1.07E-5	1.40E-4	-4.54


Based on 24 optical observations (of which 0 are rejected as outliers) from 2025/05/27.280 to 2025/05/31.189.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.58 and 1.58 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
Aegis software version= 5.0, Date of computation=20250531 130903.087 UTC.

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