Asteroids

2001VB help

Last update: 2024-04-18 21:05 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.249

Aphelion (Q)

4.582

Eccentricity (e)

0.897

Inclination (i)

7.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

1371.1

Earth MOID

0.01563

U parameter

9.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2050-07-30

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.1811

27092077

Maximum Brightness

18.4

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

18.5

mag

Diameter

500 - 1200*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2001-11-04

Observatory

Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico

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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

60400.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.415353

1-sigma variation

0.197753

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.897015

1-sigma variation

0.008220

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

7.5662

1-sigma variation

0.7220

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

290.2006

1-sigma variation

22.8036

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

240.1050

1-sigma variation

22.0957

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

349.28186

1-sigma variation

180.28300

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.248744

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

4.581962

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.162451

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.656833

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.015633

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1371.1005

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

9.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.91061E-2	-1.62554E-3	1.42783E-1	4.50947E0	-4.36947E0	-3.56514E1
e	-1.62554E-3	6.75698E-5	-5.93512E-3	-1.87448E-1	1.81628E-1	1.48194E0
i	1.42783E-1	-5.93512E-3	5.21323E-1	1.64648E1	-1.59536E1	-1.30169E2
Ω	4.50947E0	-1.87448E-1	1.64648E1	5.20005E2	-5.03861E2	-4.11111E3
ω	-4.36947E0	1.81628E-1	-1.59536E1	-5.03861E2	4.88218E2	3.98347E3
M	-3.56514E1	1.48194E0	-1.30169E2	-4.11111E3	3.98347E3	3.25020E4

Date of computation: 2024-02-21 14:29 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

[-]

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

18.477

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

500 - 1200*

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 ODIM	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

8194

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.544454

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2001-11-04.0703

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2001-11-11.73463

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

53 (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

[3]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA ODIM	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

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Close approaches for 2001VB from 1950 to 2124

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possibile distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1983-07-15 23:29	> 1 mo	0.1268071	0.0246259	8.6603133
EARTH	2001-11-07 07:14	< 1 min	0.1635079	0.1566406	0.0022891
VENUS	2002-01-09 05:25	583.9	0.0220814	0.0220446	0.0000564
MERCURY	2035-08-26 05:00	> 1 mo	0.0340699	0.0134252	24.0683386
EARTH	2050-07-30 05:31	> 1 mo	0.1810993	0.0418088	22.9757627
EARTH	2076-07-19 11:21	> 1 mo	0.0570355	0.0454860	5.5187032
EARTH	2091-07-12 16:48	> 1 mo	0.1803901	0.0649791	9.3914075
VENUS	2098-10-30 21:38	> 1 mo	0.0483952	0.0269713	20.0743256
EARTH	2117-07-26 01:22	> 1 mo	0.1258466	0.1056344	11.8749303

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2001VB

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS	TS
2089-07-18.936	84250.936	-3.108	0.650	1.06 ± 0.479	4.43E6	1.84E-10	5.06E-6	-6.48	0


Based on 53 optical observations (of which 0 are rejected as outliers) from 2001/11/04.070 to 2001/11/11.735.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.05 and 1.05 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20240110 090430.380 UTC.

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