159609 (2002 AQ3)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.4624880882 ± 2.06e-08
Semi-major axis (a)2.1116425073 AU ± 3.38e-09
Inclination (i)40.00825439° ± 3.08e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)124.20201996° ± 2.32e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)243.47903334° ± 5.34e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)335.13615947° ± 3.99e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.3212045455°/day ± 7.72e-10
Perihelion dist (q)1.13503300 AU ± 4.35e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)3.08825201 AU ± 4.38e-08
Orbital Period3.06853155 yr ± 7.37e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)17.23
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.063″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAmor
MOID0.312575 AU
Observations Used395
Gaia Obs Used37
Oppositions10
Arc Total2002-2017
First Observation Used2002-01-08
Last Observation Used2025-07-01
Observations (413)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2016-07-04 11:09:16 C 17 43 31.984 +21 56 36.94 L F51
2016-07-04 11:25:12 C 17 43 30.747 +21 56 22.00 L F51
2016-07-04 11:41:08 C 17 43 29.512 +21 56 07.06 L F51
2016-07-06 11:16:07 C 17 39 55.458 +21 09 58.78 L F51
2016-07-06 11:34:26 C 17 39 54.046 +21 09 40.11 L F51
2016-07-06 11:52:46 C 17 39 52.638 +21 09 21.48 L F51
2016-07-06 12:11:00 C 17 39 51.241 +21 09 02.87 L F51
2016-07-09 22:34:51 C 17 33 46.53 +19 40 16.4 19.1 c 122
2016-07-09 22:42:51 C 17 33 45.96 +19 40 07.7 19.3 c 122
2016-07-09 22:50:00 C 17 33 45.40 +19 39 59.7 18.6 c 122
2016-07-14 03:40:41 C 17 26 35.25 +17 36 49.3 q G96
2016-07-14 03:57:20 C 17 26 34.07 +17 36 28.0 q G96
2016-07-14 04:05:40 C 17 26 33.46 +17 36 17.1 q G96
2016-08-06 08:16:20 C 16 57 55.615 +02 37 46.83 L F51
2016-08-06 08:33:05 C 16 57 55.086 +02 37 16.32 L F51
2016-08-06 08:49:50 C 16 57 54.550 +02 36 45.71 L F51
2017-03-26 11:36:41 C 04 41 38.72 +07 14 07.8 q D29
2017-03-26 11:57:02 C 04 41 40.65 +07 14 26.9 q D29
2018-01-26 09:16:46 C 13 01 27.22 +32 02 14.7 u H21
2018-01-26 09:33:38 C 13 01 27.27 +32 02 26.9 u H21
2018-01-26 09:50:41 C 13 01 27.25 +32 02 37.3 u H21
2018-02-08 08:42:33 C 13 00 55.97 +35 43 05.5 u H21
2018-02-08 08:54:58 C 13 00 55.72 +35 43 14.8 u H21
2018-02-08 09:00:57 C 13 00 55.58 +35 43 19.1 u H21
2018-02-09 09:44:02 C 13 00 40.24 +36 01 17.2 U G96
2018-02-09 10:06:31 C 13 00 39.92 +36 01 32.8 U G96
2018-02-12 08:06:51 C 12 59 45.03 +36 52 27.4 u H21
2018-02-12 08:23:11 C 12 59 44.77 +36 52 39.1 u H21
2018-02-12 09:00:01 C 12 59 44.20 +36 53 06.0 u H21
2018-04-08 03:40:35 C 12 05 58.57 +47 08 43.3 u H21
2018-04-08 03:58:01 C 12 05 57.75 +47 08 44.6 u H21
2018-04-08 04:23:57 C 12 05 56.56 +47 08 46.3 u H21
2018-04-20 04:38:05 C 11 54 00.39 +47 01 49.4 V H21
2018-04-20 05:09:42 C 11 53 59.26 +47 01 45.9 V H21
2019-05-24 09:08:09 C 17 54 57.52 +30 18 24.5 U I41
2019-05-24 10:00:38 C 17 54 55.17 +30 18 36.3 U I41
2019-05-25 08:40:31 C 17 53 55.63 +30 23 24.2 U I41
2019-05-25 09:10:02 C 17 53 54.25 +30 23 30.1 U I41
2019-05-29 09:04:24 C 17 49 20.48 +30 39 31.8 V G96
2019-05-29 09:11:45 C 17 49 20.08 +30 39 32.6 V G96
2019-05-29 09:19:09 C 17 49 19.71 +30 39 33.7 V G96
2019-05-29 09:26:28 C 17 49 19.33 +30 39 34.4 V G96
2019-06-05 09:09:41 C 17 40 05.587 +30 48 34.75 U F52
2019-06-05 09:24:31 C 17 40 04.687 +30 48 34.38 U F52
2019-06-05 09:39:25 C 17 40 03.776 +30 48 33.96 U F52
2019-06-05 09:54:21 C 17 40 02.858 +30 48 33.77 U F52
2019-06-08 12:18:07 C 17 35 30.609 +30 43 39.29 U F51
2019-06-08 12:34:55 C 17 35 29.533 +30 43 37.46 U F51
2019-06-08 12:51:40 C 17 35 28.451 +30 43 35.57 U F51
2019-06-08 13:08:24 C 17 35 27.381 +30 43 33.68 U F51