1620 Geographos (1951 RA)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.3355121545 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)1.2457769668 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)13.33577542° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)337.14082621° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)277.01835526° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)212.92032873° ± 2.36e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.7088458984°/day ± 2.56e+00
Perihelion dist (q)0.82780365 AU ± 3.19e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)1.66375028 AU ± 4.72e+00
Orbital Period1.39046623 yr ± 5.02e+00
NGA Modelr2
A23.55475120e-06 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)15.26
G (slope)0.15
Alternative Designations

1983 CY3

Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.276″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.028806 AU
Observations Used9056
Radar Obs Used5
Gaia Obs Used104
Oppositions19
Arc Total1951-2017
First Observation Used1951-08-31
Last Observation Used2026-04-08
Observations (11927)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1994-08-31 05:38:07 C 21 27 08.03 -18 16 03.7 z 670
1994-08-31 12:17:29 21 27 17.31 -16 54 53.1 323
1994-09-01 11:15:59 21 27 36.79 -12 56 47.0 323
1994-09-01 15:08:00 21 27 32.46 -12 21 13.1 323
1994-09-01 23:55:17 T 21 27 39.519 -11 06 19.79 950
1994-09-02 19:26:23 21 27 55.69 -08 33 25.6 m 095
1994-09-02 19:31:22 21 27 55.64 -08 32 49.4 m 095
1994-09-02 19:36:22 21 27 55.56 -08 32 13.9 m 095
1994-09-02 19:46:32 21 27 55.46 -08 30 59.3 m 095
1994-09-02 19:52:33 21 27 55.34 -08 30 16.9 m 095
1994-09-02 19:58:33 21 27 55.25 -08 29 32.8 m 095
1994-09-02 22:55:02 C 21 27 56.43 -08 08 39.0 z 967
1994-09-02 23:33:05 C 21 27 56.03 -08 04 08.7 z 967
1994-09-02 23:51:39 T 21 27 57.423 -08 01 23.80 950
1994-09-03 00:52:56 A 21 28 01.01 -07 52 05.3 833
1994-09-03 06:29:30 21 28 02.24 -07 16 04.1 11.0 675
1994-09-03 07:00:29 21 28 01.64 -07 12 37.2 675
1994-09-03 19:17:42 C 21 28 14.65 -05 54 46.5 z 557
1994-09-03 20:12:57 C 21 28 14.76 -05 49 07.8 z 107
1994-09-03 20:19:07 C 21 28 14.20 -05 48 35.5 z 557
1994-09-03 21:04:58 C 21 28 14.22 -05 43 54.0 z 107
1994-09-03 21:41:54 C 21 28 13.42 -05 40 18.7 z 557
1994-09-03 21:49:00 21 28 13.98 -05 39 31.4 m 026
1994-09-03 21:54:00 21 28 14.08 -05 39 04.3 m 026
1994-09-03 22:30:44 C 21 28 12.96 -05 35 27.3 z 557
1994-09-03 22:40:09 21 28 13.55 -05 34 26.6 091
1994-09-03 23:28:07 C 21 28 13.04 -05 29 51.4 606
1994-09-03 23:44:11 C 21 28 12.40 -05 28 12.0 z 557
1994-09-03 23:48:01 T 21 28 15.137 -05 27 20.45 950
1994-09-04 00:33:25 C 21 28 12.17 -05 23 22.0 z 557
1994-09-04 00:55:24 C 21 28 12.29 -05 21 13.9 113
1994-09-04 01:05:07 C 21 28 12.26 -05 20 17.0 113
1994-09-04 01:19:00 C 21 28 12.26 -05 18 55.8 113
1994-09-04 01:32:51 C 21 28 12.27 -05 17 35.1 113
1994-09-04 20:07:11 C 21 28 32.42 -03 36 18.7 z 560
1994-09-04 20:12:39 C 21 28 32.36 -03 35 50.9 z 560
1994-09-04 20:20:04 C 21 28 32.32 -03 35 12.7 z 560
1994-09-04 20:39:29 21 28 32.78 -03 33 34.8 091
1994-09-04 20:51:00 21 28 32.59 -03 32 36.1 091
1994-09-04 21:31:30 21 28 32.28 -03 29 11.6 091
1994-09-04 23:44:23 T 21 28 33.024 -03 17 41.28 950
1994-09-05 01:04:55 C 21 28 30.29 -03 11 28.6 046
1994-09-05 01:08:30 C 21 28 30.29 -03 11 11.0 046
1994-09-05 01:11:51 C 21 28 30.30 -03 10 54.3 046
1994-09-05 02:56:17 C 21 28 36.11 -03 02 18.4 z 816
1994-09-05 02:58:43 C 21 28 36.09 -03 02 06.5 z 816
1994-09-05 03:13:58 C 21 28 35.96 -03 00 52.3 z 816
1994-09-05 03:17:40 C 21 28 35.92 -03 00 34.4 z 816
1994-09-05 18:38:58 21 28 49.43 -01 49 38.4 m 095
1994-09-05 18:45:58 21 28 49.40 -01 49 07.2 m 095
Radar Observations (12)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1983-02-27 05:00:00 161795 5 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1983-02-27.208333 16179500 500 Hz 2380 251 251
1983-02-28 05:04:00 142007628 30 us 2380 -1 -1
1983-02-28.211111 14200762800 30000 us 2380 251 251
1994-08-28 07:10:00 38936537.06 1.76 us 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-28 07:10:00 -364880.593 0.9 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-28.298611 3893653706 1760 us 8510 253 253
1994-08-29 04:40:00 42596456.4 1.13 us 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-29 04:40:00 -427851.027 0.2 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-29.194444 4259645640 1130 us 8510 253 253
1994-09-02 07:20:00 -615553.2 0.5 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1994-09-02.305556 -61555320 50 Hz 8510 253 253
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)