Asteroids

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Last update: 2026-03-17 23:26 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61200.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.898

Aphelion (Q)

4.298

Eccentricity (e)

0.654

Inclination (i)

14.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

1529.4

Earth MOID

0.00249

U parameter

0.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2046-06-14

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.00746

1116382

Maximum Brightness

12.9

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

21.6

mag

Diameter

130 - 280*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2000-06-04

Observatory

Lowell Observatory-LONEOS

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

61200.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.597903

1-sigma variation

6.302E-9

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.654387

1-sigma variation

5.265E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

14.5867

1-sigma variation

7.532E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

81.8776

1-sigma variation

8.132E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

224.2650

1-sigma variation

2.267E-5

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

76.70216

1-sigma variation

3.186E-6

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.897870

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

4.297936

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.810126

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.004019

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.002493

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1529.4411

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

0.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.97128E-17	-2.50991E-16	-2.88844E-14	9.35809E-15	-1.17615E-13	1.85788E-14
e	-2.50991E-16	2.77217E-15	1.29465E-13	-2.35199E-14	1.10033E-12	-1.41648E-13
i	-2.88844E-14	1.29465E-13	5.67316E-11	-3.33771E-11	8.93642E-11	-9.08446E-12
Ω	9.35809E-15	-2.35199E-14	-3.33771E-11	6.61344E-11	-6.98864E-11	-1.36249E-12
ω	-1.17615E-13	1.10033E-12	8.93642E-11	-6.98864E-11	5.13932E-10	-6.07261E-11
M	1.85788E-14	-1.41648E-13	-9.08446E-12	-1.36249E-12	-6.07261E-11	1.01474E-11

Date of computation: 2026-03-17 23:26 UTC

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

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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

[1]

Quality

Value

2,R

Unit

Source

[1]

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

21.633

Unit

mag

Source

[2]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

Source

[2]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[3]

Diameter

Value

130 - 280*

Unit

Source

[3]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Radar R

Unit

Source

[4]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	EARN	1.) href="http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/~lance/radar.nea.periods.html"> L.Benner, JPL Radar website
[2]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[3]	Estimation	Estimated from absolute magnitude
[4]	EARN	1.) href="http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/index.html">JPL's NEO Radar Detection Program Webpage

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

9141

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

329

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.656351

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2000-06-04.20148

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2025-06-14.6952

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

193 (4)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Delay (Discarded)
Doppler (Discarded)
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2000-06-15

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2000-06-17

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

4 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

5 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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
[3]	JPL Radar Observations	Jet Propulsion Laboratory: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/dat/radar_data_ast.txt

Computation parameters

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Close Approaches for 2000LF3 from 1950 to 2126

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1954-06-24 22:52	< 1 min	0.0750981	0.0750945	0.0000012
88 Thisbe	1997-03-11 22:55	< 1 min	0.0094949	0.0094945	0.0000001
EARTH	2000-06-19 08:02	< 1 s	0.0528394	0.0528394	0.0000000
EARTH	2025-06-17 23:36	< 1 s	0.0484570	0.0484567	0.0000001
EARTH	2046-06-14 08:17	< 1 min	0.0074626	0.0074623	0.0000001
EARTH	2067-07-11 11:36	10.6	0.1721221	0.1720499	0.0000241
EARTH	2088-06-01 05:50	7.9	0.1137764	0.1135440	0.0000775
EARTH	2109-06-24 14:22	6.6	0.0951164	0.0950315	0.0000283

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
338.58175067	159.51460923	0.00411173	MINIMUM
0.58284305	25.61300147	1.87476564	SADDLE
180.52765340	24.00716447	3.33143832	SADDLE
179.48388841	203.52974471	5.30044828	MAXIMUM

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