Asteroids

2025QJ17 help

Last update: 2025-09-01 13:45 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Amor

Perihelion (q)

1.026

Aphelion (Q)

1.755

Eccentricity (e)

0.262

Inclination (i)

7.8

deg

Orbit period (P)

598.8

Earth MOID

0.02534

U parameter

8.1

Next Earth close approach

Date

2025-09-11

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.04354

6512810

Maximum Brightness

20.6

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.5

mag

Diameter

21 - 50*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

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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

1.390371

1-sigma variation

0.001527

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.262179

1-sigma variation

0.000771

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

7.7515

1-sigma variation

0.0179

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

173.0409

1-sigma variation

0.0050

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

193.7417

1-sigma variation

0.0163

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

33.13914

1-sigma variation

0.04814

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

1.025845

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.754896

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.742070

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.025972

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.025343

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

598.8173

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.1

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.33138E-6	1.17704E-6	2.72004E-5	5.78441E-6	-1.22072E-5	-7.29344E-5
e	1.17704E-6	5.94423E-7	1.37609E-5	2.87697E-6	-5.97304E-6	-3.69020E-5
i	2.72004E-5	1.37609E-5	3.21876E-4	6.05784E-5	-1.12201E-4	-8.63643E-4
Ω	5.78441E-6	2.87697E-6	6.05784E-5	2.49070E-5	-7.64182E-5	-1.61558E-4
ω	-1.22072E-5	-5.97304E-6	-1.12201E-4	-7.64182E-5	2.65875E-4	2.96911E-4
M	-7.29344E-5	-3.69020E-5	-8.63643E-4	-1.61558E-4	2.96911E-4	2.31742E-3

Date of computation: 2025-09-01 13:45 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

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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

25.498

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

21 - 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

0.439098

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2025-08-28.227828

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-08-31.44163

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

18 (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 2025QJ17 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	1951-10-03 09:26	> 1 d	0.0760796	0.0248049	0.0171988
EARTH	1974-09-30 00:36	> 1 w	0.0611907	0.0110988	0.1237772
EARTH	2002-09-04 01:47	> 1 w	0.0891185	0.0075752	0.2087338
EARTH	2025-09-11 14:29	< 1 min	0.0435354	0.0432218	0.0001046
EARTH	2043-10-17 17:00	> 1 w	0.1543924	0.0336424	0.1719535
EARTH	2066-09-07 14:19	> 1 mo	0.0681407	0.0145564	0.2046068
EARTH	2084-09-16 08:07	> 1 mo	0.0275678	0.0257619	0.0908376
EARTH	2102-08-29 18:56	> 1 mo	0.1480235	0.0057859	4.6794001

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
351.04327123	254.69139686	0.02534329	MINIMUM
179.06726631	84.08679574	0.75690981	SADDLE
356.82295859	82.19101752	2.02449236	SADDLE
177.66443037	263.02182827	2.75707166	MAXIMUM

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