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
2012-01-04 00:15:40 C 05 21 22.08 +51 22 50.1 u I15
2012-01-04 21:04:39 C 05 18 47.43 +51 10 48.5 d B66
2012-01-04 21:33:22 C 05 18 43.83 +51 10 31.5 d B66
2012-01-04 22:08:07 C 05 18 39.49 +51 10 10.9 d B66
2012-01-07 22:05:00 C 05 10 19.19 +50 24 36.4 i C91
2012-01-07 22:20:00 C 05 10 17.50 +50 24 26.6 i C91
2012-01-07 22:34:59 C 05 10 15.76 +50 24 17.0 i C91
2012-01-08 20:57:59 C 05 07 51.35 +50 08 59.8 i C91
2012-01-08 21:13:00 C 05 07 49.70 +50 08 49.3 i C91
2012-01-08 21:27:59 C 05 07 48.06 +50 08 38.6 i C91
2012-01-10 19:21:14 C 05 03 08.66 +49 35 53.9 c A24
2012-01-10 19:22:16 C 05 03 08.54 +49 35 53.1 c A24
2012-01-10 20:08:28 C 05 03 03.87 +49 35 19.6 c A24
2012-01-10 20:31:03 C 05 03 01.59 +49 35 03.2 c A24
2012-01-10 20:32:06 C 05 03 01.49 +49 35 02.6 c A24
2012-01-11 21:44:21 C 05 00 37.59 +49 16 20.3 c A24
2012-01-11 21:45:25 C 05 00 37.50 +49 16 19.6 c A24
2012-01-11 22:50:42 C 05 00 31.21 +49 15 29.7 c A24
2012-01-11 22:51:44 C 05 00 31.13 +49 15 29.2 c A24
2012-01-12 22:22:10 C 04 58 23.93 +48 57 38.1 c A24
2012-01-12 22:23:13 C 04 58 23.85 +48 57 37.6 c A24
2012-01-12 23:24:04 C 04 58 18.30 +48 56 50.0 c A24
2012-01-12 23:25:06 C 04 58 18.20 +48 56 49.1 c A24
2012-01-13 19:47:02 C 04 56 33.96 +48 41 05.2 c A24
2012-01-13 19:48:04 C 04 56 33.85 +48 41 04.4 c A24
2012-01-13 20:54:05 C 04 56 28.07 +48 40 13.1 c A24
2012-01-13 20:55:07 C 04 56 27.99 +48 40 12.5 c A24
2012-01-14 04:51:57 C 04 55 48.21 +48 34 00.8 c 704
2012-01-14 05:10:47 C 04 55 46.58 +48 33 46.0 c 704
2012-01-14 05:30:35 C 04 55 44.89 +48 33 30.3 c 704
2012-01-14 05:49:29 C 04 55 43.23 +48 33 15.5 c 704
2012-01-14 06:08:23 C 04 55 41.62 +48 33 00.6 c 704
2012-01-21 19:37:32 C 04 43 52.86 +46 05 01.5 c A24
2012-01-21 19:38:35 C 04 43 52.82 +46 05 00.6 c A24
2012-01-21 21:41:03 C 04 43 46.49 +46 03 18.1 c A24
2012-01-21 21:42:05 C 04 43 46.42 +46 03 17.1 c A24
2012-01-22 18:55:11 C 04 42 48.06 +45 45 37.6 d B66
2012-01-22 19:22:13 C 04 42 46.81 +45 45 15.3 c A24
2012-01-22 19:23:14 C 04 42 46.75 +45 45 14.5 c A24
2012-01-22 19:36:25 C 04 42 46.15 +45 45 03.4 d B66
2012-01-22 20:17:06 C 04 42 44.18 +45 44 30.0 d B66
2012-01-22 20:28:03 C 04 42 43.66 +45 44 20.7 c A24
2012-01-22 20:29:06 C 04 42 43.61 +45 44 19.7 c A24
2012-01-22 21:07:51 C 04 42 41.75 +45 43 47.4 d B66
2012-01-22 21:40:53 C 04 42 40.22 +45 43 19.7 d B66
2012-01-22 22:11:59 C 04 42 38.77 +45 42 53.1 d B66
2012-01-23 20:35:28 C 04 41 42.87 +45 24 16.0 c A24
2012-01-23 20:36:29 C 04 41 42.82 +45 24 15.2 c A24
2012-01-23 21:07:04 C 04 41 41.48 +45 23 49.5 c A24
2012-01-23 21:08:05 C 04 41 41.45 +45 23 48.7 c A24
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)