Asteroids

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Last update: 2024-04-25 23:56 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60400.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.774

Aphelion (Q)

4.138

Eccentricity (e)

0.685

Inclination (i)

0.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

1405.6

Earth MOID

0.00327

U parameter

7.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2067-12-20

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.09218

13790560

Maximum Brightness

24.6

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

mag

Diameter

10 - 23*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2021-08-04

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

2.455701

1-sigma variation

0.002337

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.684879

1-sigma variation

0.000325

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

0.6304

1-sigma variation

0.0003

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

298.5718

1-sigma variation

0.0021

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

82.6265

1-sigma variation

0.0025

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

236.51069

1-sigma variation

0.33558

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.773844

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

4.137558

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.178398

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.452112

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.003274

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1405.5998

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

7.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	5.45956E-6	7.59256E-7	7.77336E-7	4.76394E-6	-5.75682E-6	-7.84107E-4
e	7.59256E-7	1.05589E-7	1.08102E-7	6.62481E-7	-8.00549E-7	-1.09045E-4
i	7.77336E-7	1.08102E-7	1.10922E-7	6.84377E-7	-8.26213E-7	-1.11642E-4
Ω	4.76394E-6	6.62481E-7	6.84377E-7	4.30957E-6	-5.18747E-6	-6.84200E-4
ω	-5.75682E-6	-8.00549E-7	-8.26213E-7	-5.18747E-6	6.24959E-6	8.26798E-4
M	-7.84107E-4	-1.09045E-4	-1.11642E-4	-6.84200E-4	8.26798E-4	1.12614E-1

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

27.045

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

10 - 23*

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

992

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.750561

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2021-08-04.383941

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2021-08-08.00627

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

42 (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 2021PA1 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	1974-11-24 11:09	> 1 mo	0.1115328	0.0085703	0.4427034
EARTH	1978-09-01 14:11	> 1 mo	0.1250558	0.0020049	0.3659056
MARS	1990-04-11 08:44	> 1 w	0.0366397	0.0328726	0.0783641
EARTH	2017-11-30 17:34	> 1 d	0.1121741	0.0258062	0.0289819
EARTH	2021-08-08 00:20	< 1 s	0.0053664	0.0053597	0.0000023
EARTH	2067-12-20 16:41	> 1 mo	0.0921842	0.0060476	0.7186269
EARTH	2071-08-11 17:52	> 1 mo	0.0085873	0.0043285	0.4444769
EARTH	2122-12-20 06:18	> 1 mo	0.1862053	0.0045670	65.7303787

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