Asteroids

2022AE6

Last update: 2022-08-17 23:50 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

59800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.946

Aphelion (Q)

4.198

Eccentricity (e)

0.632

Inclination (i)

5.1

deg

Orbit period (P)

1506.7

Earth MOID

0.00724

U parameter

8.2

Next Earth close approach

Date

2070-12-31

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.05848

8748039

Maximum Brightness

122.4

mag

Risk

Object is in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.8

mag

Diameter

24*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-01-09

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, 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)
Ascending Node (Ω)
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)
Mean Anomaly (M)
Perihelion
Aphelion
Asc. Node-Earth Sep.
Desc. Node-Earth Sep.
MOID
Orbit Period
U parameter

Value

1-sigma variation

Unit

Epoch

Value

59800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.572068

1-sigma variation

0.007978

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.632106

1-sigma variation

0.001162

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

5.0939

1-sigma variation

0.0063

Unit

Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

127.3466

1-sigma variation

0.0032

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

19.9294

1-sigma variation

0.0025

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

43.06893

1-sigma variation

0.19922

Unit

Perihelion

Value

0.946248

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion

Value

4.197888

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.014547

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

2.790259

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.007235

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1506.6839

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.2

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	6.36487E-5	9.27137E-6	5.00514E-5	2.26722E-5	1.45081E-5	-1.58941E-3
e	9.27137E-6	1.35051E-6	7.29097E-6	3.30087E-6	2.11536E-6	-2.31521E-4
i	5.00514E-5	7.29097E-6	3.94082E-5	1.75044E-5	1.18016E-5	-1.24987E-3
Ω	2.26722E-5	3.30087E-6	1.75044E-5	1.02214E-5	2.57143E-6	-5.66134E-4
ω	1.45081E-5	2.11536E-6	1.18016E-5	2.57143E-6	6.46051E-6	-3.62324E-4
M	-1.58941E-3	-2.31521E-4	-1.24987E-3	-5.66134E-4	-3.62324E-4	3.96900E-2

Date of computation: 2022-08-02 08:47 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

25.822

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Diameter

Value

24*

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

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

216

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

RMS of Residuals
First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

RMS of Residuals

Value

0.499659

Unit

arcsec

Source

[1]

First Observation

Value

2022-01-09.365039

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2022-01-14.23464

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

27 (1)

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]

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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 2022AE6 from 1950 to 2122

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possibile distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1951-12-25 18:51	> 1 mo	0.1223474	0.0357902	1.1546130
EARTH	1956-03-04 22:07	> 1 mo	0.0985537	0.0782025	0.1801575
EARTH	1997-04-03 00:35	> 1 mo	0.1417348	0.0097542	0.6017333
EARTH	2022-01-20 21:54	< 1 min	0.0120937	0.0120354	0.0000194
EARTH	2070-12-31 09:24	> 1 mo	0.0584770	0.0301713	1.2093129
EARTH	2074-12-23 20:18	> 1 mo	0.1375602	0.0308634	1.2574675
EARTH	2083-01-02 19:44	> 1 mo	0.0548616	0.0235964	0.4210597
EARTH	2086-12-26 16:16	895.3	0.1296754	0.0240460	0.0811299
EARTH	2095-01-11 11:24	> 1 mo	0.0263387	0.0120492	0.9592013
EARTH	2099-01-17 05:01	> 1 mo	0.0199960	0.0128482	0.2707287
EARTH	2103-02-07 14:30	> 1 mo	0.0787739	0.0120056	0.7202250

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2022AE6

Date in UTC	MJD	σ	σ_imp	Distance ± Width in RE	Stretching in RE/σ	IP	Exp. energy	PS	TS
2084-01-25.621	82249.621	2.030	0.000	0.57 ± 0.098	1.25E5	1.19E-6	5.74E-7	-6.45	0
2105-01-26.038	89920.038	2.521	0.000	1.38 ± 0.032	9.87E4	1.72E-7	8.32E-8	-7.41	0


Based on 27 optical observations (of which 1 are rejected as outliers) from 2022/01/09.365 to 2022/01/14.235.
Coordinates are given on the Target Plane.
Unit is one Earth radius, but impact cross section has radius between 1.48 and 1.48 Earth radii. Coordinates for LOV = EQU scaled= 1 second= F.
AstOD software version= 2.0, Date of computation=20220614 033140.287 UTC.

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