Asteroids

2025QC4 help

Last update: 2025-08-24 13:31 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Amor

Perihelion (q)

1.024

Aphelion (Q)

2.920

Eccentricity (e)

0.481

Inclination (i)

0.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

1011.5

Earth MOID

0.00902

U parameter

7.8

Next Earth close approach

Date

2061-08-28

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.04083

6108339

Maximum Brightness

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

27.3

mag

Diameter

9 - 21*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

External links

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

1.972014

1-sigma variation

0.002238

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.480602

1-sigma variation

0.000584

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

0.8662

1-sigma variation

0.0009

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

319.3100

1-sigma variation

0.0066

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

355.0480

1-sigma variation

0.0198

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

36.72642

1-sigma variation

0.06265

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.024260

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.919767

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.011202

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.922139

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.009015

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1011.4939

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.8

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	5.01071E-6	1.30669E-6	1.61802E-6	-4.31644E-6	-2.25963E-6	-1.39947E-4
e	1.30669E-6	3.40880E-7	4.27332E-7	-1.05683E-6	-8.08005E-7	-3.64500E-5
i	1.61802E-6	4.27332E-7	7.67525E-7	1.73583E-6	-1.04016E-5	-4.32127E-5
Ω	-4.31644E-6	-1.05683E-6	1.73583E-6	4.37015E-5	-1.21606E-4	1.45825E-4
ω	-2.25963E-6	-8.08005E-7	-1.04016E-5	-1.21606E-4	3.90260E-4	-1.72229E-5
M	-1.39947E-4	-3.64500E-5	-4.32127E-5	1.45825E-4	-1.72229E-5	3.92533E-3

Date of computation: 2025-08-24 13:31 UTC

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

Download ASCII file:

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

27.259

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

9 - 21*

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

[-]

Download this part as:

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

0.9

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.577368

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-08-23.309736

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-08-24.246629

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

26 (1)

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:

One line per time step

Time step:*

* - these fields are required

Close Approaches for 2025QC4 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	1967-08-01 14:21	> 1 w	0.0084587	0.0021242	0.0071668
EARTH	2014-07-02 16:24	> 1 w	0.0965933	0.0065873	0.1021074
EARTH	2025-08-20 22:00	2.4	0.0237779	0.0237025	0.0000251
MARS	2055-10-08 09:04	> 1 w	0.0357421	0.0314005	0.1079612
EARTH	2061-08-28 12:09	> 1 mo	0.0408317	0.0008131	0.2393436
EARTH	2086-08-25 17:02	> 1 mo	0.0288471	0.0003972	0.7845350
EARTH	2125-09-10 02:30	> 1 mo	0.0986018	0.0033621	7.6089527

Download as:

Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
359.33360107	212.45155547	0.00901503	MINIMUM
179.66912437	32.67258963	1.93349787	SADDLE
359.07617920	31.99538368	2.01047493	SADDLE
179.66115725	212.66258135	3.93512072	MAXIMUM

Download:

MOID Plots

Click on the images to zoom-in and zoom-out