Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-08-20 02:00 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.862

Aphelion (Q)

3.000

Eccentricity (e)

0.554

Inclination (i)

3.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

980.1

Earth MOID

0.01162

U parameter

8.8

Next Earth close approach

Date

2025-09-01

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.02023

3025883

Maximum Brightness

21.4

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.2

mag

Diameter

24 - 50*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2025-08-15

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

61000.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.930967

1-sigma variation

0.009204

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.553776

1-sigma variation

0.002352

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

3.6768

1-sigma variation

0.0114

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

166.3553

1-sigma variation

0.0062

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

223.5637

1-sigma variation

0.0041

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

15.87488

1-sigma variation

0.09835

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.861644

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

3.000289

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.242654

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.052469

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.011617

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

980.0778

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.8

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	8.47065E-5	2.16483E-5	1.04739E-4	3.29859E-5	-1.91589E-5	-9.05178E-4
e	2.16483E-5	5.53261E-6	2.67675E-5	8.43525E-6	-4.89946E-6	-2.31335E-4
i	1.04739E-4	2.67675E-5	1.29600E-4	3.92607E-5	-2.26398E-5	-1.11905E-3
Ω	3.29859E-5	8.43525E-6	3.92607E-5	3.88542E-5	-2.51333E-5	-3.55910E-4
ω	-1.91589E-5	-4.89946E-6	-2.26398E-5	-2.51333E-5	1.64896E-5	2.07023E-4
M	-9.05178E-4	-2.31335E-4	-1.11905E-3	-3.55910E-4	2.07023E-4	9.67325E-3

Date of computation: 2025-08-20 02:00 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

[-]

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

25.235

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

24 - 50*

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

0.681949

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-08-15.304163

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-08-20.05729

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

12 (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: *

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2025PJ3 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	1950-10-05 19:43	> 1 mo	0.1294099	0.0656492	0.9765033
EARTH	1958-11-17 21:11	> 1 mo	0.1172422	0.0734968	1.2302318
EARTH	1966-12-14 04:40	> 1 mo	0.0684108	0.0630538	0.7199272
EARTH	2017-08-15 21:08	> 1 w	0.1536228	0.0151839	0.3492414
EARTH	2025-09-01 01:41	3.2	0.0202268	0.0199903	0.0000788
EARTH	2033-11-08 20:46	> 1 mo	0.1292352	0.0892787	0.0983276
EARTH	2041-12-25 04:35	> 1 mo	0.1658012	0.0635888	0.6396640
EARTH	2076-09-05 15:03	> 1 mo	0.0466779	0.0120348	0.9288969
EARTH	2084-12-02 17:06	> 1 mo	0.0822007	0.0638170	0.1840996
EARTH	2119-09-04 09:17	> 1 mo	0.0232621	0.0095872	5.7944631

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
329.63864686	235.74389401	0.01161687	MINIMUM
27.61703686	338.26630346	0.06302448	MINIMUM
359.67644750	289.03692091	0.13955909	SADDLE
358.42904558	106.73521824	1.86718384	SADDLE
179.61488621	108.03461666	1.99560424	SADDLE
179.48591145	287.96874502	3.99485977	MAXIMUM

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