Asteroids

2024AN6 help

Last update: 2025-04-09 08:00 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.785

Aphelion (Q)

4.312

Eccentricity (e)

0.692

Inclination (i)

6.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

1486.1

Earth MOID

0.06936

U parameter

1.6

Next Earth close approach

Date

2028-03-07

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.12301

18401655

Maximum Brightness

18.1

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

19.7

mag

Diameter

300 - 700*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-01-13

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

2.548537

1-sigma variation

4.466E-7

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.692048

1-sigma variation

1.364E-7

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

6.6545

1-sigma variation

9.884E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

77.7434

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

153.5116

1-sigma variation

0.0002

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

98.89053

1-sigma variation

0.00002

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.784827

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

4.312248

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

2.505862

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.194852

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.069363

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

1486.0551

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

1.6

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.99457E-13	-2.80576E-14	1.16237E-12	1.81626E-11	-3.99681E-11	-9.13741E-12
e	-2.80576E-14	1.85937E-14	-2.34865E-13	3.71637E-13	5.58672E-13	2.34128E-12
i	1.16237E-12	-2.34865E-13	9.77017E-11	3.40259E-10	-4.52840E-10	-5.77916E-11
Ω	1.81626E-11	3.71637E-13	3.40259E-10	3.12121E-8	-3.35086E-8	-5.93859E-10
ω	-3.99681E-11	5.58672E-13	-4.52840E-10	-3.35086E-8	3.87031E-8	1.38547E-9
M	-9.13741E-12	2.34128E-12	-5.77916E-11	-5.93859E-10	1.38547E-9	5.23105E-10

Date of computation: 2025-04-09 08:00 UTC

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

Download ASCII file:

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

19.714

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

300 - 700*

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

[-]

Download this part as:

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	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

1315

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

438

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.688256

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2020-09-13.52887

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-04-20.41304

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

60 (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

[-]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	MPC	Minor Planet Center: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net

Computation parameters

As seen from:

Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

Output option:

One line per time step

Time step:*

* - these fields are required

Close Approaches for 2024AN6 from 1950 to 2125

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	2028-03-07 23:52	< 1 min	0.1230075	0.1230006	0.0000023
EARTH	2036-07-13 20:37	2.8	0.0720671	0.0720533	0.0000046
88 Thisbe	2080-02-01 12:15	2.3	0.0131397	0.0130729	0.0000223
EARTH	2108-08-05 12:52	< 1 min	0.1230614	0.1230456	0.0000053
EARTH	2116-02-21 13:09	2.9	0.1663356	0.1662668	0.0000229

Download as:

Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
28.61575092	191.16236920	0.06948441	MINIMUM
332.40176198	68.62184444	0.11490490	MINIMUM
359.56193176	127.53335697	0.23035432	SADDLE
0.80052240	310.48678315	1.77272508	SADDLE
180.08287364	309.76041450	3.32663270	SADDLE
180.24264379	129.83188333	5.32300689	MAXIMUM

Download:

MOID Plots

Click on the images to zoom-in and zoom-out