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
2021-12-27 03:53:54 S 12 42 39.850 +01 57 00.58 V C57
2021-12-27 03:53:54 s 1 -162905.42 2 +249784.25 250.0 C57
2021-12-27 04:03:54 S 12 42 41.126 +01 56 47.62 V C57
2021-12-27 04:03:54 s 1 -163101.85 8 +249236.20 1600.0 C57
2021-12-27 04:13:54 S 12 42 42.134 +01 56 36.31 V C57
2021-12-27 04:13:54 s 1 -163297.48 5 +248686.92 9130.0 C57
2021-12-27 04:23:54 S 12 42 43.344 +01 56 23.42 V C57
2021-12-27 04:23:54 s 1 -163492.30 0 +248136.41 2830.0 C57
2021-12-27 04:33:54 S 12 42 44.755 +01 56 11.18 V C57
2021-12-27 04:33:54 s 1 -163686.30 0 +247584.67 2690.0 C57
2021-12-27 04:43:54 S 12 42 45.710 +01 55 57.76 V C57
2021-12-27 04:43:54 s 1 -163879.48 1 +247031.70 8690.0 C57
2021-12-27 05:33:54 S 12 42 51.667 +01 54 58.21 V C57
2021-12-27 05:33:54 s 1 -164832.97 2 +244248.35 280.0 C57
2021-12-27 05:43:54 S 12 42 52.978 +01 54 44.39 V C57
2021-12-27 05:43:54 s 1 -165021.16 3 +243687.98 2800.0 C57
2021-12-27 05:53:54 S 12 42 53.983 +01 54 34.34 V C57
2021-12-27 05:53:54 s 1 -165208.50 9 +243126.36 1350.0 C57
2021-12-27 06:03:54 S 12 42 54.967 +01 54 24.48 V C57
2021-12-27 06:03:54 s 1 -165395.00 7 +242563.50 5910.0 C57
2021-12-27 06:13:54 S 12 42 56.189 +01 54 12.74 V C57
2021-12-27 06:13:54 s 1 -165580.65 4 +241999.41 6460.0 C57
2021-12-27 06:23:54 S 12 42 57.490 +01 53 58.38 V C57
2021-12-27 06:23:54 s 1 -165765.44 4 +241434.06 3000.0 C57
2021-12-27 06:33:54 S 12 42 58.589 +01 53 47.15 V C57
2021-12-27 06:33:54 s 1 -165949.37 6 +240867.48 5500.0 C57
2021-12-27 06:43:54 S 12 42 59.726 +01 53 36.06 V C57
2021-12-27 06:43:54 s 1 -166132.44 4 +240299.65 3950.0 C57
2021-12-27 07:03:54 S 12 43 02.359 +01 53 07.76 V C57
2021-12-27 07:03:54 s 1 -166495.97 6 +239160.25 8610.0 C57
2021-12-27 07:13:54 S 12 43 03.638 +01 52 57.72 V C57
2021-12-27 07:13:54 s 1 -166676.43 2 +238588.68 4800.0 C57
2021-12-27 07:23:54 S 12 43 04.231 +01 52 49.87 V C57
2021-12-27 07:23:54 s 1 -166856.00 9 +238015.86 6860.0 C57
2021-12-27 07:33:54 S 12 43 05.578 +01 52 33.78 V C57
2021-12-27 07:33:54 s 1 -167034.70 4 +237441.79 4790.0 C57
2021-12-27 08:03:54 S 12 43 09.067 +01 52 02.06 V C57
2021-12-27 08:03:54 s 1 -167565.45 6 +235712.06 3550.0 C57
2021-12-27 08:13:54 S 12 43 10.375 +01 51 47.20 V C57
2021-12-27 08:13:54 s 1 -167740.58 3 +235132.97 4750.0 C57
2021-12-27 08:23:54 S 12 43 11.395 +01 51 35.21 V C57
2021-12-27 08:23:54 s 1 -167914.80 7 +234552.63 1720.0 C57
2021-12-27 08:33:54 S 12 43 12.670 +01 51 23.62 V C57
2021-12-27 08:33:54 s 1 -168088.12 5 +233971.03 4450.0 C57
2021-12-27 08:43:54 S 12 43 13.886 +01 51 10.69 V C57
2021-12-27 08:43:54 s 1 -168260.53 3 +233388.17 2910.0 C57
2021-12-27 08:53:54 S 12 43 15.091 +01 50 57.12 V C57
2021-12-27 08:53:54 s 1 -168432.02 7 +232804.05 7090.0 C57
2021-12-27 09:23:54 S 12 43 18.264 +01 50 21.88 V C57
2021-12-27 09:23:54 s 1 -168940.98 2 +231044.11 3780.0 C57
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)