Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-04-30 06:54 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.721

Aphelion (Q)

1.151

Eccentricity (e)

0.230

Inclination (i)

5.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

330.7

Earth MOID

0.00242

U parameter

1.9

Next Earth close approach

Date

2033-04-01

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.17672

26436361

Maximum Brightness

27.6

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

25.2

mag

Diameter

24 - 50*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2024-09-01

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

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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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

0.935963

1-sigma variation

5.859E-8

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.230009

1-sigma variation

7.593E-8

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

5.7063

1-sigma variation

2.265E-6

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

352.5290

1-sigma variation

1.467E-6

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

122.3627

1-sigma variation

1.713E-5

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

154.18580

1-sigma variation

0.00001

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.720683

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.151243

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.005615

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.204928

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.002423

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

330.7399

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

1.9

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.43313E-15	8.64130E-16	4.93792E-14	1.15024E-14	-9.83374E-13	-1.20448E-13
e	8.64130E-16	5.76600E-15	7.23114E-14	8.38539E-14	-4.88636E-13	8.07863E-13
i	4.93792E-14	7.23114E-14	5.12866E-12	1.55933E-12	-1.69862E-11	7.08936E-12
Ω	1.15024E-14	8.38539E-14	1.55933E-12	2.15178E-12	-7.89665E-12	1.19308E-11
ω	-9.83374E-13	-4.88636E-13	-1.69862E-11	-7.89665E-12	2.93483E-10	-2.11982E-12
M	-1.20448E-13	8.07863E-13	7.08936E-12	1.19308E-11	-2.11982E-12	1.30944E-10

Date of computation: 2025-02-19 13:28 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

25.197

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

24 - 50*

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 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

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

224

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.549096

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2024-09-01.555424

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2024-09-17.853306

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

151 (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

2024-09-15

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2024-09-17

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

4 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

2 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

6 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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
[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 2024RQ 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	1957-05-22 17:06	< 1 min	0.1646793	0.1646777	0.0000005
VENUS	1958-01-28 03:20	< 1 min	0.0294106	0.0294055	0.0000017
EARTH	1958-09-17 02:00	< 1 min	0.0398459	0.0398389	0.0000023
EARTH	1966-09-15 12:11	< 1 min	0.0359663	0.0359577	0.0000029
EARTH	1974-07-28 07:09	3.9	0.1534675	0.1534638	0.0000012
EARTH	1982-05-12 12:37	< 1 min	0.1215035	0.1214824	0.0000071
EARTH	1990-05-21 17:36	< 1 min	0.1418258	0.1418020	0.0000079
EARTH	1991-09-16 21:58	< 1 min	0.0736572	0.0736282	0.0000097
EARTH	1999-09-13 20:23	< 1 min	0.0516556	0.0516441	0.0000038
EARTH	2007-03-27 11:29	5.8	0.1989828	0.1989735	0.0000031
EARTH	2007-07-17 10:20	4.6	0.1579429	0.1579419	0.0000003
EARTH	2015-05-17 04:12	< 1 min	0.0961877	0.0961876	0.0000000
EARTH	2016-09-12 17:54	< 1 min	0.1818044	0.1817919	0.0000042
EARTH	2024-09-16 10:36	< 1 s	0.0035041	0.0035041	0.0000000
VENUS	2033-02-09 13:40	1.9	0.0444279	0.0444155	0.0000042
EARTH	2033-04-01 02:21	3.8	0.1767162	0.1767084	0.0000026
EARTH	2033-06-28 03:11	3.4	0.1589146	0.1589120	0.0000008
EARTH	2042-05-16 00:33	< 1 min	0.1210586	0.1210525	0.0000021
EARTH	2043-09-16 20:22	< 1 min	0.0055697	0.0055632	0.0000022
VENUS	2052-03-22 16:33	25.8	0.0477611	0.0472180	0.0001811
EARTH	2053-04-06 13:26	111.4	0.1560493	0.1557579	0.0000972
EARTH	2053-06-09 18:57	112.5	0.1531044	0.1529121	0.0000641
VENUS	2054-01-09 23:27	48.5	0.0468826	0.0465264	0.0001187
EARTH	2054-09-14 18:52	1.4	0.1122625	0.1119612	0.0001004
EARTH	2064-08-01 01:56	194.4	0.1567008	0.1564324	0.0000895
EARTH	2074-05-09 02:38	43.5	0.0858529	0.0854794	0.0001309
EARTH	2075-09-16 05:03	41.4	0.0274903	0.0254742	0.0006725
EARTH	2085-05-06 09:12	150.0	0.0833817	0.0829457	0.0002442
EARTH	2086-09-16 01:53	180.3	0.0280312	0.0199236	0.0027165
VENUS	2093-06-08 19:00	540.9	0.0435291	0.0329761	0.0036239
EARTH	2097-04-03 18:36	> 1 d	0.1567722	0.1523269	0.0014991
EARTH	2097-06-06 14:48	> 1 d	0.1562084	0.1529331	0.0010967
EARTH	2098-09-18 04:25	111.2	0.0166743	0.0149043	0.0005911
EARTH	2109-04-22 18:33	> 1 d	0.1311217	0.1083768	0.0085385
EARTH	2110-09-19 05:35	542.5	0.0235219	0.0083289	0.0109891
EARTH	2122-07-03 20:31	> 1 mo	0.1791164	0.1664199	0.0060321
EARTH	2123-09-19 02:14	> 1 d	0.0734110	0.0088514	0.0676351

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
250.99364812	248.46222410	0.00232159	MINIMUM
102.63976045	123.07470601	0.08741261	MINIMUM
173.04557676	183.37875444	0.16501742	SADDLE
356.62274136	4.46738816	0.27176108	SADDLE
0.24285398	188.94512758	1.73460422	SADDLE
181.09826687	9.85681837	2.13218997	MAXIMUM

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