Asteroids

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Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.424

Aphelion (Q)

1.739

Eccentricity (e)

0.608

Inclination (i)

5.9

deg

Orbit period (P)

410.9

Earth MOID

0.00013

U parameter

8.2

Next Earth close approach

Date

2029-01-31

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.00143

214618

Maximum Brightness

21.1

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

32.4

mag

Diameter

0.9 - 1.9*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2020-02-01

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

Orbit Visualiser

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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

1.081697

1-sigma variation

0.000779

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.607721

1-sigma variation

0.000371

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

5.9350

1-sigma variation

0.0029

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

131.8129

1-sigma variation

0.0065

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

120.4205

1-sigma variation

0.0103

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

204.02992

1-sigma variation

1.32678

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.424327

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.739067

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.000950

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.492763

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000127

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

410.9196

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.2

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.06918E-7	2.89078E-7	-2.22017E-6	-5.05724E-6	-8.00558E-6	-1.03362E-3
e	2.89078E-7	1.37881E-7	-1.04955E-6	-2.40866E-6	-3.79618E-6	-4.92314E-4
i	-2.22017E-6	-1.04955E-6	8.45559E-6	1.85055E-5	2.99876E-5	3.78139E-3
Ω	-5.05724E-6	-2.40866E-6	1.85055E-5	4.21404E-5	6.67196E-5	8.61284E-3
ω	-8.00558E-6	-3.79618E-6	2.99876E-5	6.67196E-5	1.07097E-4	1.36347E-2
M	-1.03362E-3	-4.92314E-4	3.78139E-3	8.61284E-3	1.36347E-2	1.76033E0

Date of computation: 2024-04-23 10:08 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

[-]

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

32.434

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

0.9 - 1.9*

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

0.1

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

1550

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.638537

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2020-02-01.328881

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2020-02-01.463919

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

13 (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

[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

Computation parameters

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Final Date: *

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Close approaches for 2020CW 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	1951-09-09 20:12	> 1 mo	0.1712513	0.0249288	18.8231312
EARTH	1961-01-31 04:23	> 1 d	0.0038605	0.0006642	0.1542331
EARTH	1972-01-27 10:22	> 1 w	0.1119765	0.0009666	0.4229321
EARTH	1973-09-22 08:24	> 1 w	0.1151296	0.0250751	0.4218877
EARTH	1984-09-16 20:54	> 1 w	0.0274955	0.0249811	0.0814930
EARTH	1995-09-11 05:08	> 1 w	0.1712993	0.0255593	0.2259290
MERCURY	2002-05-22 16:15	> 1 w	0.0328510	0.0313599	0.0382516
EARTH	2009-02-06 19:14	> 1 d	0.1532625	0.0001777	0.0698994
VENUS	2010-09-16 09:46	> 1 d	0.0340766	0.0336626	0.0091540
EARTH	2020-02-01 12:49	< 1 s	0.0001049	0.0001046	0.0000001
EARTH	2023-10-05 05:41	1018.9	0.0991587	0.0905715	0.0086180
EARTH	2029-01-31 18:45	> 1 d	0.0014346	0.0001511	0.0575940
MERCURY	2030-04-25 16:29	> 1 mo	0.0388452	0.0365863	2.1496108
EARTH	2033-10-14 02:06	> 1 mo	0.1697873	0.0927930	17.4134180
VENUS	2036-11-12 22:49	> 1 mo	0.0232605	0.0100182	37.4404017
EARTH	2040-02-05 12:58	> 1 mo	0.1469550	0.0018527	21.4181454
EARTH	2065-10-04 17:10	> 1 mo	0.1526219	0.0924030	43.7145466
MERCURY	2066-09-06 08:11	> 1 mo	0.0372110	0.0370673	6.4209665
EARTH	2072-01-27 09:37	> 1 mo	0.1445069	0.0007945	56.5137713
MERCURY	2074-05-24 17:02	> 1 mo	0.0471429	0.0360343	40.2393529
EARTH	2076-10-07 08:30	> 1 mo	0.0983554	0.0927323	17.4515004
VENUS	2077-10-21 14:34	> 1 mo	0.0112708	0.0045472	58.1649759
EARTH	2083-02-02 03:13	> 1 mo	0.0102193	0.0013389	227.2983347
MERCURY	2093-03-05 09:09	> 1 mo	0.0381218	0.0373888	667.4922523
EARTH	2097-10-09 06:04	> 1 mo	0.0942319	0.0926754	651.9618597
EARTH	2104-02-07 11:37	> 1 mo	0.1923283	0.0026883	4257.0152074
EARTH	2114-02-02 13:04	> 1 mo	0.0044606	0.0019407	1793.3408564
EARTH	2118-10-14 09:54	> 1 mo	0.1351948	0.0913425	33887.7605550

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Date in UTC	MJD	σ	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS
2046-02-01.124	68377.124	4.046	0.44 ± 0.016	1.73E4	1.37E-8	1.34E-12	-10.90
2048-02-01.473	69107.473	-3.747	1.14 ± 0.004	2.72E4	8.84E-9	8.42E-13	-11.13
2057-01-31.567	72394.567	-1.852	0.89 ± 0.051	8.67E4	1.33E-6	1.27E-10	-9.09


Based on 13 optical observations (of which 1 are rejected as outliers) from 2020/02/01.329 to 2020/02/01.464.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.14 and 1.14 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20240110 090432.039 UTC.

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