Asteroids

2021HM2 help

Last update: 2024-04-19 22:30 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.604

Aphelion (Q)

1.667

Eccentricity (e)

0.468

Inclination (i)

11.5

deg

Orbit period (P)

442.0

Earth MOID

0.00405

U parameter

7.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2028-11-24

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.09838

14717329

Maximum Brightness

22.8

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

mag

Diameter

40 - 100*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-04-19

Observatory

MAP, San Pedro de Atacama

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

1.135592

1-sigma variation

0.000272

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.468282

1-sigma variation

0.000244

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

11.4757

1-sigma variation

0.0065

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

216.5820

1-sigma variation

0.0004

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

103.4824

1-sigma variation

0.0019

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

101.19308

1-sigma variation

0.28197

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.603815

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.667369

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.011437

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.192923

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.004052

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

442.0100

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	7.39732E-8	6.63251E-8	1.75608E-6	-1.17863E-7	-5.13091E-7	-7.66899E-5
e	6.63251E-8	5.94697E-8	1.57457E-6	-1.05675E-7	-4.59838E-7	-6.87608E-5
i	1.75608E-6	1.57457E-6	4.16902E-5	-2.79809E-6	-1.21757E-5	-1.82057E-3
Ω	-1.17863E-7	-1.05675E-7	-2.79809E-6	1.87844E-7	8.17769E-7	1.22192E-4
ω	-5.13091E-7	-4.59838E-7	-1.21757E-5	8.17769E-7	3.57912E-6	5.31940E-4
M	-7.66899E-5	-6.87608E-5	-1.82057E-3	1.22192E-4	5.31940E-4	7.95063E-2

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

[-]

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

23.964

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

40 - 100*

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

1090

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.609076

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-04-19.18129

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-04-25.895787

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

61 (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 2021HM2 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	1963-04-27 22:37	> 1 mo	0.0454561	0.0059071	0.8131465
EARTH	1970-11-24 20:23	> 1 mo	0.1046764	0.0792093	0.4285541
EARTH	1986-04-25 08:43	> 1 d	0.0137728	0.0049491	0.0467728
EARTH	1992-05-03 09:24	> 1 d	0.1988035	0.0570385	0.0473795
EARTH	1993-11-15 10:58	> 1 d	0.1275669	0.0828283	0.0368285
EARTH	1999-11-27 15:31	> 1 d	0.1368727	0.0822147	0.0344660
EARTH	2021-04-26 08:38	< 1 s	0.0128543	0.0128335	0.0000069
EARTH	2028-11-24 00:22	1136.4	0.0983793	0.0811756	0.0091176
EARTH	2044-04-25 22:05	> 1 d	0.0058048	0.0033395	0.0460458
EARTH	2061-05-04 05:09	> 1 mo	0.1975659	0.0069621	1.9545761
EARTH	2062-11-19 16:35	> 1 mo	0.0825515	0.0792594	0.6087248
EARTH	2072-04-21 11:18	> 1 mo	0.1025270	0.0032847	3.6522602
EARTH	2079-11-30 06:06	> 1 mo	0.1929943	0.0828307	3.8679727
EARTH	2089-04-29 03:13	> 1 mo	0.0685039	0.0025573	4.4286291
EARTH	2090-11-10 19:15	> 1 mo	0.1699835	0.0876502	3.5882075
EARTH	2107-11-26 15:29	> 1 mo	0.1134566	0.0796439	0.6908207
EARTH	2117-04-27 16:26	> 1 mo	0.0074233	0.0013264	0.9635612
EARTH	2118-11-09 16:03	> 1 mo	0.1839573	0.0759578	4.1938940

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