Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-04-19 23:53 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.884

Aphelion (Q)

1.929

Eccentricity (e)

0.372

Inclination (i)

3.8

deg

Orbit period (P)

609.1

Earth MOID

0.00094

U parameter

5.9

Next Earth close approach

Date

2026-06-02

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.02047

3062608

Maximum Brightness

24.3

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

28.6

mag

Diameter

5 - 12*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-05-30

Observatory

Tokyo-Kiso

Orbit Visualiser

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External links

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

1.406266

1-sigma variation

0.000054

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.371520

1-sigma variation

0.000031

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

3.7658

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

70.3434

1-sigma variation

3.704E-5

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

237.3546

1-sigma variation

0.0004

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

224.42502

1-sigma variation

0.03351

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.883810

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.928723

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.530251

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.004002

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.000943

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

609.1155

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

5.9

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.94751E-9	1.68166E-9	5.21841E-9	1.78944E-9	1.87182E-8	-1.81952E-6
e	1.68166E-9	9.59848E-10	2.96157E-9	1.02792E-9	1.07851E-8	-1.03814E-6
i	5.21841E-9	2.96157E-9	1.14423E-8	2.39241E-9	2.94409E-8	-3.21995E-6
Ω	1.78944E-9	1.02792E-9	2.39241E-9	1.37169E-9	1.30630E-8	-1.10526E-6
ω	1.87182E-8	1.07851E-8	2.94409E-8	1.30630E-8	1.47183E-7	-1.15643E-5
M	-1.81952E-6	-1.03814E-6	-3.21995E-6	-1.10526E-6	-1.15643E-5	1.12321E-3

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

28.553

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 - 12*

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

0.6

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

1055

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.865157

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-05-30.417796

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-05-31.024816

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

66 (5)

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 2021KN2 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	1959-07-17 03:04	> 1 d	0.1370821	0.1278335	0.0031084
EARTH	1972-09-28 04:29	423.1	0.0496128	0.0473428	0.0008626
EARTH	1977-05-17 00:10	51.6	0.1827528	0.1807629	0.0006633
EARTH	1990-06-11 08:28	> 1 d	0.0666620	0.0460750	0.0068674
EARTH	2003-09-04 00:17	> 1 d	0.1172241	0.1080798	0.0030758
MARS	2015-06-02 18:34	62.7	0.0204395	0.0170121	0.0012946
EARTH	2016-10-12 13:17	146.0	0.1548325	0.1493627	0.0018263
EARTH	2021-05-31 02:12	< 1 s	0.0009660	0.0009658	0.0000001
EARTH	2026-06-02 22:28	343.8	0.0204723	0.0154672	0.0016692
EARTH	2031-06-30 05:36	> 1 d	0.1123253	0.1043214	0.0026738
EARTH	2036-08-03 06:59	> 1 d	0.1404078	0.1391090	0.0004818
EARTH	2041-09-09 19:40	> 1 d	0.1011119	0.0746046	0.0101029
EARTH	2046-09-30 00:49	> 1 d	0.0652073	0.0603666	0.0086721
EARTH	2051-10-10 12:34	> 1 d	0.1775374	0.0843713	0.0337626
EARTH	2093-05-24 04:06	> 1 d	0.0805871	0.0010952	0.0845262
EARTH	2098-06-05 00:13	> 1 d	0.0302898	0.0001773	0.0434416
EARTH	2103-07-20 16:56	> 1 mo	0.1358199	0.0910895	0.0185663
EARTH	2108-09-09 17:32	> 1 mo	0.1039211	0.0617831	0.1381638
EARTH	2113-10-05 07:52	> 1 w	0.0949249	0.0597571	0.2951531
MARS	2120-09-17 09:26	> 1 d	0.0408528	0.0160089	0.3531141

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2021KN2

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS	TS
2083-05-31.945	82010.945	-4.336	0.000	1.22 ± 0.000	1.78E4	3.54E-9	3.06E-11	-10.35	0
2110-06-01.862	91872.862	-0.807	0.000	0.29 ± 0.000	1.97E8	4.43E-9	3.94E-11	-10.41	0


Based on 66 optical observations (of which 5 are rejected as outliers) from 2021/05/30.418 to 2021/05/31.025.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.51 and 1.51 Earth radii.
Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 4.0, Date of computation=20240110 090432.277 UTC.

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