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
2001-11-19 03:16:10 C 23 42 00.947 +25 56 34.60 g 689
2001-11-20 03:12:50 C 23 42 37.050 +25 47 22.25 g 689
2001-11-20 03:18:16 C 23 42 37.16 +25 47 21.3 16.0 m 644
2001-11-20 03:47:55 C 23 42 37.89 +25 47 09.1 16.9 m 644
2001-11-20 04:16:35 C 23 42 38.56 +25 46 58.2 17.4 m 644
2001-12-10 03:14:50 C 00 02 24.23 +23 50 01.8 c 704
2001-12-10 03:36:27 C 00 02 25.33 +23 49 59.3 c 704
2001-12-10 03:58:06 C 00 02 26.44 +23 49 56.3 c 704
2001-12-10 04:19:43 C 00 02 27.55 +23 49 53.8 c 704
2001-12-10 04:41:22 C 00 02 28.71 +23 49 50.8 c 704
2001-12-14 16:11:44 C 00 08 29.27 +23 39 01.9 056
2001-12-14 16:28:01 C 00 08 30.17 +23 39 00.6 056
2001-12-21 02:04:56 C 00 17 49.53 +23 31 50.4 c 704
2001-12-21 02:26:25 C 00 17 50.84 +23 31 50.2 c 704
2001-12-21 02:47:52 C 00 17 52.14 +23 31 49.5 c 704
2001-12-21 03:09:21 C 00 17 53.46 +23 31 48.9 c 704
2001-12-30 20:24:52 C 00 33 27.71 +23 36 58.9 c 185
2001-12-30 20:30:02 C 00 33 28.04 +23 36 58.5 c 185
2001-12-30 20:35:51 C 00 33 28.49 +23 36 59.1 c 185
2001-12-30 21:02:38 C 00 33 30.36 +23 37 01.1 c 185
2002-01-03 16:25:58 C 00 40 00.13 +23 43 30.5 056
2002-01-03 16:47:41 C 00 40 01.66 +23 43 32.5 056
2002-01-04 16:28:12 C 00 41 44.55 +23 45 34.0 056
2002-01-04 16:46:12 C 00 41 45.81 +23 45 36.0 056
2002-01-07 17:33:55 C 00 47 06.97 +23 52 44.6 056
2002-01-07 18:36:45 C 00 47 11.61 +23 52 50.8 056
2002-01-08 01:55:33 C 00 47 44.31 +23 53 39.5 c 704
2002-01-08 02:17:32 C 00 47 45.92 +23 53 42.4 c 704
2002-01-08 02:39:32 C 00 47 47.52 +23 53 44.0 c 704
2002-01-08 03:01:31 C 00 47 49.13 +23 53 46.3 c 704
2002-01-08 03:23:32 C 00 47 50.74 +23 53 48.0 c 704
2002-01-08 16:48:48 C 00 48 51.10 +23 55 16.4 056
2002-01-08 17:11:34 C 00 48 52.78 +23 55 19.2 056
2002-01-15 02:25:04 C 01 00 36.20 +24 15 00.3 711
2002-01-15 02:38:32 C 01 00 37.26 +24 15 02.2 711
2002-01-15 02:51:08 C 01 00 38.16 +24 15 03.8 711
2002-01-15 03:04:01 C 01 00 39.23 +24 15 05.7 711
2002-01-16 16:59:15 C 01 03 37.96 +24 20 39.3 056
2002-01-17 17:28:34 C 01 05 34.16 +24 24 23.5 056
2002-01-17 17:57:00 C 01 05 36.47 +24 24 28.3 056
2002-01-18 17:35:26 C 01 07 29.32 +24 28 11.3 056
2002-01-18 18:07:55 C 01 07 31.97 +24 28 16.1 056
2002-02-06 02:06:24 C 01 44 20.82 +25 50 37.4 c 704
2002-02-06 02:27:24 C 01 44 22.65 +25 50 41.6 c 704
2002-02-06 02:48:24 C 01 44 24.44 +25 50 46.3 c 704
2002-02-06 03:09:25 C 01 44 26.22 +25 50 50.2 c 704
2002-02-06 03:30:28 C 01 44 28.08 +25 50 55.1 c 704
2002-03-05 02:45:02 C 02 44 14.62 +28 09 16.0 c 699
2002-03-05 03:00:48 C 02 44 16.20 +28 09 18.7 c 699
2002-03-05 03:16:36 C 02 44 17.71 +28 09 21.7 c 699
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)