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 09:33:54 S 12 43 19.814 +01 50 17.05 V C57
2021-12-27 09:33:54 s 1 -169108.77 8 +230454.93 660.0 C57
2021-12-27 09:43:54 S 12 43 20.923 +01 50 04.60 V C57
2021-12-27 09:43:54 s 1 -169275.63 9 +229864.49 3180.0 C57
2021-12-27 10:23:54 S 12 43 25.536 +01 49 10.88 V C57
2021-12-27 10:23:54 s 1 -169933.64 9 +227490.03 9130.0 C57
2021-12-27 10:43:54 S 12 43 27.900 +01 48 43.42 V C57
2021-12-27 10:43:54 s 1 -170256.93 4 +226295.17 5390.0 C57
2021-12-27 11:03:54 S 12 43 30.106 +01 48 20.84 V C57
2021-12-27 11:03:54 s 1 -170576.36 0 +225095.21 3640.0 C57
2021-12-27 11:13:54 S 12 43 31.452 +01 48 09.86 V C57
2021-12-27 11:13:54 s 1 -170734.61 5 +224493.32 5960.0 C57
2021-12-27 13:13:54 S 12 43 45.334 +01 45 47.34 V C57
2021-12-27 13:13:54 s 1 -172556.09 3 +217170.48 2240.0 C57
2021-12-27 13:23:54 S 12 43 46.764 +01 45 34.92 V C57
2021-12-27 13:23:54 s 1 -172701.27 9 +216551.86 3680.0 C57
2021-12-27 13:33:54 S 12 43 47.688 +01 45 21.46 V C57
2021-12-27 13:33:54 s 1 -172845.42 7 +215931.95 300.0 C57
2021-12-27 13:43:54 S 12 43 48.854 +01 45 07.49 V C57
2021-12-27 13:43:54 s 1 -172988.53 1 +215310.74 2060.0 C57
2021-12-27 13:53:54 S 12 43 50.146 +01 44 56.51 V C57
2021-12-27 13:53:54 s 1 -173130.58 9 +214688.24 8960.0 C57
2021-12-27 14:23:54 S 12 43 53.642 +01 44 20.90 V C57
2021-12-27 14:23:54 s 1 -173550.42 6 +212812.94 230.0 C57
2021-12-27 14:33:54 S 12 43 54.794 +01 44 10.79 V C57
2021-12-27 14:33:54 s 1 -173688.24 3 +212185.23 7430.0 C57
2021-12-27 14:43:54 S 12 43 55.937 +01 43 59.02 V C57
2021-12-27 14:43:54 s 1 -173824.98 9 +211556.23 9660.0 C57
2021-12-27 14:53:54 S 12 43 57.118 +01 43 45.66 V C57
2021-12-27 14:53:54 s 1 -173960.65 7 +210925.92 6890.0 C57
2021-12-27 15:13:54 S 12 43 59.539 +01 43 18.80 V C57
2021-12-27 15:13:54 s 1 -174228.74 2 +209661.37 6250.0 C57
2021-12-27 15:43:54 S 12 44 02.590 +01 42 47.34 V C57
2021-12-27 15:43:54 s 1 -174622.66 2 +207754.75 7230.0 C57
2021-12-27 15:53:54 S 12 44 04.150 +01 42 28.48 V C57
2021-12-27 15:53:54 s 1 -174751.76 0 +207116.58 3980.0 C57
2021-12-27 16:13:54 S 12 44 06.362 +01 42 08.39 V C57
2021-12-27 16:13:54 s 1 -175006.61 1 +205836.31 1990.0 C57
2021-12-27 16:23:54 S 12 44 07.697 +01 41 56.22 V C57
2021-12-27 16:23:54 s 1 -175132.35 3 +205194.21 3190.0 C57
2021-12-27 16:33:54 S 12 44 08.789 +01 41 45.38 V C57
2021-12-27 16:33:54 s 1 -175256.96 6 +204550.78 9170.0 C57
2021-12-27 16:43:54 S 12 44 10.013 +01 41 31.74 V C57
2021-12-27 16:43:54 s 1 -175380.44 5 +203906.04 9890.0 C57
2021-12-27 16:53:54 S 12 44 11.064 +01 41 18.85 V C57
2021-12-27 16:53:54 s 1 -175502.78 4 +203259.98 5340.0 C57
2021-12-27 17:03:54 S 12 44 12.305 +01 41 07.94 V C57
2021-12-27 17:03:54 s 1 -175623.97 7 +202612.60 5490.0 C57
2021-12-27 17:13:54 S 12 44 13.354 +01 41 00.53 V C57
2021-12-27 17:13:54 s 1 -175744.02 0 +201963.90 310.0 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)