1580 Betulia (1950 KA)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.4876047101 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)2.1949743206 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)52.18777815° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)62.22480892° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)159.71713922° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)80.26713945° ± 3.89e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.3030875594°/day ± 6.21e-01
Perihelion dist (q)1.12469450 AU ± 4.65e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)3.26525414 AU ± 6.26e+00
Orbital Period3.25195229 yr ± 6.67e+00
NGA Modelr2
A21.40142724e-06 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)14.54
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.282″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAmor
MOID0.133321 AU
Observations Used1981
Radar Obs Used10
Gaia Obs Used93
Oppositions46
Arc Total1950-2016
First Observation Used1950-05-22
Last Observation Used2025-12-13
Observations (2056)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2025-12-13 19:24:15 C 00 26 44.364 -48 39 11.34 V M22
2025-12-13 19:38:29 C 00 26 44.575 -48 38 55.28 V M22
2025-12-13 19:41:19 C 00 26 44.669 -48 38 52.33 V M22
2025-12-13 19:48:58 C 00 26 44.633 -48 38 45.96 V M22
2025-12-13 19:58:12 C 00 26 44.854 -48 38 35.09 V M22
2025-12-13 20:07:37 C 00 26 45.034 -48 38 26.34 V M22
Radar Observations (22)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1976-05-18 05:56:50 225980 7 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1976-05-18.247801 22598000 100 Hz 2380 251 251
1976-05-19 05:52:16 186012.5 7 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1976-05-19.244630 18601250 100 Hz 2380 251 251
1989-05-23 12:00:00 501134 20 Hz 8495 -14 -14
1989-05-23.500000 50113400 2000 Hz 8495 253 253
1989-05-26 01:42:00 185537450 12 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-05-26.070833 18553745000 12000 us 2380 251 251
1989-05-28 01:38:00 185094484 12 us 2380 -1 -1
1989-05-28.068056 18509448400 12000 us 2380 251 251
1989-05-29 00:20:00 -72175 5 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1989-05-29.013889 -7217500 500 Hz 2380 251 251
2002-05-28.997222 23747341100 10000 us 2380 251 251
2002-05-30 01:10:00 237420023 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2002-05-30 01:10:00 -16023.93 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2002-05-30.048611 23742002300 2000 us 2380 251 251
2002-06-01 00:57:00 240888928 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2002-06-01 00:57:00 -80205.3478 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2002-06-01.039583 24088892800 2000 us 2380 251 251
2002-06-03 00:09:00 248731233 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2002-06-03 00:09:00 -138436.315 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2002-06-03.006250 24873123300 2000 us 2380 251 251
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)