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
1969-08-17 00:07:31 A 11 39 59.15 -45 48 04.9 807
1969-08-17 00:25:00 A 11 40 08.79 -45 49 15.3 807
1969-08-17 23:57:29 A 11 54 30.59 -47 32 48.2 807
1969-08-18 00:10:01 A 11 54 38.81 -47 33 40.7 807
1969-08-18 00:27:31 A 11 54 50.43 -47 34 54.9 807
1969-08-18 00:40:01 A 11 54 58.76 -47 35 47.4 807
1969-08-18 23:16:17 A 12 11 36.38 -49 19 02.5 805
1969-08-18 23:18:16 A 12 11 37.81 -49 19 12.2 805
1969-08-18 23:20:17 A 12 11 39.25 -49 19 21.3 805
1969-08-19 23:18:19 A 12 32 57.06 -51 09 05.9 805
1969-08-19 23:20:18 A 12 32 58.83 -51 09 15.0 805
1969-08-19 23:22:18 A 12 33 00.75 -51 09 23.4 805
1969-08-20 00:22:30 A 12 33 58.76 -51 13 41.0 807
1969-08-20 00:35:00 A 12 34 10.98 -51 14 33.1 807
1969-08-21 00:32:30 A 13 00 22.68 -52 58 31.2 807
1969-08-21 00:45:00 A 13 00 37.51 -52 59 18.2 807
1969-08-21 01:02:29 A 13 00 58.34 -53 00 23.6 807
1969-08-22 00:01:29 A 13 31 24.76 -54 25 49.1 807
1969-08-22 00:07:31 A 13 31 32.45 -54 26 04.3 807
1969-08-23 23:45:00 A 14 51 07.49 -55 40 34.4 805
1969-08-23 23:46:00 A 14 51 09.30 -55 40 33.5 805
1969-08-23 23:46:59 A 14 51 11.09 -55 40 32.1 805
1969-08-23 23:47:59 A 14 51 12.90 -55 40 31.1 805
1969-08-23 23:48:59 A 14 51 14.70 -55 40 30.6 805
1969-08-23 23:55:58 A 14 51 27.40 -55 40 24.8 805
1969-08-23 23:56:58 A 14 51 29.16 -55 40 24.2 805
1969-08-23 23:57:58 A 14 51 30.92 -55 40 23.1 805
1969-08-23 23:58:57 A 14 51 32.73 -55 40 22.1 805
1969-08-23 23:59:57 A 14 51 34.54 -55 40 20.9 805
1969-08-24 23:38:59 A 15 36 36.47 -54 54 43.4 805
1969-08-24 23:39:59 A 15 36 38.34 -54 54 39.9 805
1969-08-24 23:40:59 A 15 36 40.09 -54 54 35.4 805
1969-08-24 23:41:58 A 15 36 42.10 -54 54 33.2 805
1969-08-24 23:43:01 A 15 36 43.92 -54 54 28.8 805
1969-08-26 01:17:30 A 16 24 52.13 -52 49 16.0 807
1969-08-26 01:32:30 A 16 25 18.75 -52 47 36.7 807
1969-08-26 02:47:30 A 16 27 32.22 -52 39 04.9 807
1969-08-27 23:32:10 A 17 40 01.39 -46 12 28.4 807
1969-08-28 00:06:29 A 17 40 47.36 -46 06 35.5 807
1969-08-28 01:07:59 A 17 42 09.09 -45 55 57.0 807
1969-08-28 10:42:28 A 17 54 51.93 -44 14 27.2 420
1969-08-29 23:37:30 A 18 35 52.16 -37 24 51.4 807
1969-08-29 23:52:29 A 18 36 05.79 -37 22 05.1 807
1969-08-30 00:12:29 A 18 36 23.84 -37 18 22.8 807
1969-08-30 00:36:30 A 18 36 45.44 -37 13 56.1 807
1969-08-30 00:56:30 A 18 37 03.43 -37 10 13.2 807
1969-08-30 01:15:52 A 18 37 20.92 -37 06 29.8 805
1969-08-30 01:16:22 A 18 37 21.37 -37 06 24.3 805
1969-08-30 01:16:30 A 18 37 21.33 -37 06 29.4 807
1969-08-30 01:16:52 A 18 37 21.77 -37 06 18.7 805
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)