Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-04-26 13:54 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.886

Aphelion (Q)

1.393

Eccentricity (e)

0.223

Inclination (i)

2.2

deg

Orbit period (P)

444.3

Earth MOID

0.00008

U parameter

7.3

Next Earth close approach

Date

2027-09-22

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.05754

8607703

Maximum Brightness

23.2

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.5

mag

Diameter

13 - 29*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-04-11

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala

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

1.139498

1-sigma variation

0.000276

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.222718

1-sigma variation

0.000333

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

2.2413

1-sigma variation

0.0030

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

34.5385

1-sigma variation

0.0020

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

249.6930

1-sigma variation

0.0061

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

99.39782

1-sigma variation

0.28880

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.885712

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.393285

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.180507

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.000454

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000083

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

444.2924

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.3

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	7.62964E-8	9.20649E-8	8.24445E-7	-5.64302E-7	1.68505E-6	-7.97715E-5
e	9.20649E-8	1.11102E-7	9.94944E-7	-6.80802E-7	2.03540E-6	-9.62593E-5
i	8.24445E-7	9.94944E-7	8.91054E-6	-6.09914E-6	1.82359E-5	-8.62009E-4
Ω	-5.64302E-7	-6.80802E-7	-6.09914E-6	4.19488E-6	-1.24523E-5	5.89988E-4
ω	1.68505E-6	2.03540E-6	1.82359E-5	-1.24523E-5	3.77180E-5	-1.76204E-3
M	-7.97715E-5	-9.62593E-5	-8.62009E-4	5.89988E-4	-1.76204E-3	8.34050E-2

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

26.542

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

13 - 29*

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

1102

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.702487

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-04-08.432343

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-04-20.171076

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

20 (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

Computation parameters

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Close approaches for 2021GT9 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	1952-05-09 05:33	> 1 mo	0.0757491	0.0052817	3.3270585
EARTH	1958-04-25 12:31	> 1 w	0.0075348	0.0006935	0.0703265
EARTH	1964-08-07 16:49	> 1 mo	0.1191454	0.0569458	0.0213778
EARTH	1970-09-30 16:49	> 1 d	0.1950959	0.1115427	0.0280187
EARTH	1981-05-01 01:52	> 1 d	0.0464647	0.0009420	0.0215804
EARTH	1987-09-11 19:01	> 1 d	0.0569017	0.0244339	0.0159131
EARTH	1998-04-13 18:02	246.9	0.1637859	0.1606551	0.0010438
EARTH	2004-06-16 07:51	> 1 w	0.1286596	0.1196870	0.0030201
EARTH	2010-09-22 12:16	> 1 d	0.0534962	0.0248935	0.0223450
EARTH	2021-04-28 03:28	< 1 min	0.0280126	0.0278956	0.0000390
EARTH	2027-09-22 09:05	1231.4	0.0575389	0.0277667	0.0119325
EARTH	2038-07-25 13:15	> 1 w	0.1292529	0.1194744	0.0032772
EARTH	2049-05-02 13:26	> 1 d	0.0501260	0.0056327	0.0148380
EARTH	2055-09-29 01:19	174.1	0.1789608	0.1613620	0.0058722
EARTH	2060-04-18 21:36	> 1 d	0.0776124	0.0180051	0.0198692
EARTH	2066-09-20 09:52	> 1 d	0.0363421	0.0251194	0.0210625
EARTH	2077-09-12 01:14	1018.3	0.0511414	0.0403555	0.0037467
EARTH	2088-07-18 23:05	> 1 w	0.1323736	0.1225960	0.0033209
EARTH	2099-05-29 09:45	> 1 w	0.1053772	0.0285469	0.0268720
EARTH	2110-04-26 08:20	> 1 d	0.0045280	0.0012897	0.0506612
EARTH	2116-04-17 13:37	> 1 mo	0.1308080	0.0000540	7.1967937

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