Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-04-24 07:27 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.957

Aphelion (Q)

2.500

Eccentricity (e)

0.446

Inclination (i)

1.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

830.1

Earth MOID

0.00068

U parameter

6.1

Next Earth close approach

Date

2046-05-08

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.0288

4308793

Maximum Brightness

23.2

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

28.7

mag

Diameter

5 - 11*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-05-08

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala

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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

1.728571

1-sigma variation

0.000122

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.446443

1-sigma variation

0.000042

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.5591

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

54.6433

1-sigma variation

0.0003

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

212.6031

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

84.27394

1-sigma variation

0.04710

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.956863

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.500279

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.228395

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.004843

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000682

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

830.0980

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

6.1

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.48929E-8	5.13468E-9	-2.48996E-8	3.98568E-8	2.14883E-8	-5.74734E-6
e	5.13468E-9	1.77031E-9	-8.58496E-9	1.37420E-8	7.40969E-9	-1.98154E-6
i	-2.48996E-8	-8.58496E-9	4.17501E-8	-6.68213E-8	-3.58512E-8	9.60910E-6
Ω	3.98568E-8	1.37420E-8	-6.68213E-8	1.06962E-7	5.73983E-8	-1.53813E-5
ω	2.14883E-8	7.40969E-9	-3.58512E-8	5.73983E-8	3.16853E-8	-8.29279E-6
M	-5.74734E-6	-1.98154E-6	9.60910E-6	-1.53813E-5	-8.29279E-6	2.21797E-3

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

28.727

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

5 - 11*

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

1076

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.540605

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-05-08.349308

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-05-13.937046

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

31 (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 2021JB6 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	1952-05-10 18:11	> 1 mo	0.0100638	0.0058509	5.4620994
MARS	1979-04-26 02:13	> 1 mo	0.0254684	0.0235586	0.4149859
EARTH	1983-07-28 16:43	> 1 d	0.0033344	0.0032535	0.0013929
EARTH	1992-04-28 08:45	1243.1	0.1175638	0.0850306	0.0108446
EARTH	2012-08-10 18:37	729.7	0.1014364	0.0841054	0.0057777
EARTH	2021-05-13 22:54	< 1 s	0.0007063	0.0007061	0.0000001
MARS	2034-09-12 07:04	632.5	0.0474790	0.0281881	0.0064832
MARS	2037-08-11 02:11	682.3	0.0169442	0.0035620	0.0086416
EARTH	2046-05-08 21:51	240.0	0.0288025	0.0247603	0.0013478
EARTH	2055-07-31 18:37	> 1 d	0.0353409	0.0258831	0.0097268
EARTH	2080-05-21 21:21	> 1 w	0.0272177	0.0006430	0.0346488
MARS	2103-06-13 13:44	> 1 w	0.0164978	0.0041765	0.3950903
EARTH	2105-06-13 10:48	> 1 mo	0.0591470	0.0205166	0.0715557
15 Eunomia	2106-11-10 00:51	> 1 w	0.0143881	0.0104124	0.0873222

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2021JB6

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS	TS
2112-05-15.453	92586.453	-0.324	0.000	0.32 ± 0.000	2.31E6	5.28E-7	3.37E-9	-8.46	0
2122-05-15.910	96238.910	1.820	0.000	1.39 ± 0.000	6.36E6	2.11E-8	1.34E-10	-9.90	0


Based on 31 optical observations (of which 0 are rejected as outliers) from 2021/05/08.349 to 2021/05/13.937.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.64 and 1.64 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20240110 090431.776 UTC.

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